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Persons in communion : an essay on Trinitarian description and human participation : with special reference to Volume one of Karl Barth's church dogmatics / Alan J. Torrance.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Torrance, Alan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trinity.
- God.
- Theology--Methodology.
- Theology.
- Theological anthropology--Christianity.
- Theological anthropology.
- Barth, Karl, 1886-1968. Kirchliche Dogmatik.
- Barth, Karl.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 pages)
- Other Title:
- Persons in communion : Trinitarian description and human participation
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : T&T Clark, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explores the structure of human participation in the triune life. Focuses on the question of describing the 'members' of the Trinity as 'persons'; how language functions in describing God in such terms; and the underlying models which shape our theological perspective.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Theological Description and the Content of Theology in Volume One of Church Dogmatics; 2. Revelation, Reiteration and the Divine Identity; 3. Theological Language, Vestigiality and the Question of Continuity between the Human and Divine Realms; 4. Triune Personhood; 5. Conclusion: Moving Beyond Barth's Revelation Model; Select Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613197610
- 9781283197618
- 1283197618
- 9780567417725
- 0567417727
- OCLC:
- 745866759
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