Premodern Faith in a Postmodern Culture: A Contemporary Theology of the Trinity - Softcover

Drilling, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742551539 ISBN 13: 9780742551534

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006

Synopsis

Since the European Enlightenment of the 18th century, traditional religious faith has been challenged from many sides. Both the modern and postmodern worldviews have confronted religious belief. The Christian doctrine of God is no exception. Premodern Faith in a Postmodern Culture: A Contemporary Theology of the Trinity acknowledges these challenges to the Christian doctrine of God and explains their sources in philosophical terms. Through careful, thoughtful analysis, Peter Drilling offers a way to meet these challenges so that Christian Faith in the triune God survives and thrives. By using the theological method articulated by the philosopher-theologian Bernard Lonergan, this book demonstrates a reasonable and authentic process of coming to faith. This method includes various directions believers can take, both theoretical and practical, to apply faith in the Trinity. Drilling's multi-faceted approach looks at this faith through the diverse perspectives of analogous understanding, spirituality, ecclesiology, philosophy, and interreligious dialogue. This work is unique in its view of the entire historical development of the Trinity, from historical sources to the new, postmodern conceptions of God.

About this title

About the Author:

Rev. Peter Drilling is professor of systematic theology and pastoral studies and chair of the pastoral studies department at Christ the King Seminary.

Review:

What difference does believing in the Triune God make to human beings whose gift and task is to help create a world in which all may grow, indeed may flourish? Drawing from rich reserves of philosophical, creedal, liturgical, spiritual and theological traditions, Peter Drilling offers an understanding of the Trinity that is eminently practical. Of particular importance is his treatment of the kind of dialogue that can be promoted by a genuinely Trinitarian faith. (Michael Downey, Author,Altogether Gift: A Trinitarian Spirituality)

Peter Drilling has written a fascinating and much needed book, which allows us all to rethink the complex relationships of contemporary theology to pre-modern thought. (David Tracy, University of Chicago.)

If there is one theme throughout Peter Drilling's study of Christian faith in the triune God it is the inseparability of love and understanding....Both theoretical and practical, this text can provide a valuable resource in upper-level collegiate courses on the Trinity as well as in courses in seminaries and graduate level programs oriented to pastoral ministry. (Phyllis H. Kaminski Horizons: The Magazine of Presbyterian Women, Vol. 34, No. 2, Fall 2007)

Peter Drilling's book rejects the 'either/or' thinking that has beset much recent theology: pre- vs. post-modern, traditional vs. contemporary, doctrine vs. experience. He replaces these threadbare garments with a new, thoroughly trinitarian weave: acknowledging past achievements, allowing new questions to arise, and recontextualizing beliefs in the light of both. In the process, he brings Christian theology into better dialogue with philosophy, the natural sciences, and world religions. Thoughtful and wide-ranging, yet readable and concise. (David S. Cunningham, professor of religion, Hope College, and author ofThese Three Are One: The Practive of Trinitarian Theology)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0742551539
• ISBN 13: 9780742551534
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198