Revelation, redemption, and response : Calvin's trinitarian understanding of the divine-human relationship / Philip Walker Butin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butin, Philip Walker, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.

Calvin, Jean.

Trinity--History of doctrines--16th century.

Trinity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most Calvin scholars have seen a dialectical opposition between God and humanity as fundamental to Calvin's thought. Butin's study upsets this understanding by addressing Calvin's views on the doctrine of the Trinity and his understanding of the divine-human relationship.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; I: THE TRINITY: CALVIN'S THEOLOGICAL PARADIGM FOR GOD'S ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH HUMANITY; 1. Reassessing Calvin's Understanding of the Divine-Human Relationship; 2. The Impact of Calvin's Trinitarian Controversies upon the Economic-Trinitarian Emphasis of His Theology; 3. Biblical and Catholic Priorities in Calvin's Trinitarian Paradigm for the Divine-Human Relationship; II: THE TRINITARIAN BASIS, PATTERN, AND DYNAMIC OF THE DIVINE-HUMAN RELATIONSHIP; 4. Revelation: the Trinity as the Basis of God's Relationship with Humanity

5. Redemption: the Trinity as the Pattern of God's Relationship with Humanity; 6. Human Response: the Trinity as the Dynamic of God's Relationship with Humanity; III: THE TRINITY AND THE VISIBILITY OF GRACE: CONTEXTUALITY, COMPREHENSIVENESS, AND COHERENCE IN CALVIN'S TRINITARIAN VISION; 7. Church, Trinity, and Contextuality; 8. Baptism, Trinity, and Comprehensiveness; 9. Eucharist, Trinity, and Coherence; Conclusion; Importance for Calvin Studies; Importance for the Historical Development of the Doctrine of the Trinity; Importance for the Ongoing Constructive Task of Christian Theology; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Duke University.

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-221) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774092-8

1-280-44219-0

0-19-535885-6

1-4237-5861-7

OCLC:

466427545