The Quest for the Trinity: The Doctrine of God in Scripture, History and Modernity - Softcover

Holmes, Stephen R.

  • 4.13 out of 5 stars
    230 ratings by Goodreads
 
9780830839865: The Quest for the Trinity: The Doctrine of God in Scripture, History and Modernity
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0830839860 ISBN 13: 9780830839865
Publisher: IVP Academic, 2012

Synopsis

The doctrine of the Trinity was settled in the fourth century, and maintained, with only very minor disagreement or development, by all strands of the church―Western and Eastern, Protestant and Catholic―until the modern period. In the twentieth century, there arose a sense that the doctrine had been neglected and stood in need of recovery.In The Quest for the Trinity, Holmes takes us on a remarkable journey through 2,000 years of the Christian doctrine of God. We witness the church's discovery of the Trinity from the biblical testimony, its crucial patristic developments, and medieval and Reformation continuity. We are also confronted with the questioning of traditional dogma during the Enlightenment, and asked to consider anewthe character of the modern Trinitarian revival.Holmes's controversial conclusion is that the explosion of theological work in recent decades claiming to recapture the heart of Christian theology in fact deeply misunderstands and misappropriates thetraditional doctrine of the Trinity. Yet his aim is constructive: to grasp the wisdom of the past and, ultimately, to bring a clearer understanding of the meaning of the present.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Stephen R. Holmes (PhD, King's College London) is senior lecturer in systematic theology at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. His books include Listening to the Past: The Place of Tradition in Theology, and Christian Doctrine:A Reader, edited with Lindsey Hall and Murray Rae. Additionally, Holmes is editor of the International Journal of Systematic Theology, and he chairs the Theology and Public Policy Advisory Commission for the Evangelical Alliance UK.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
IVP Academic
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0830839860
ISBN 13 
9780830839865
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
231
Rating
  • 4.13 out of 5 stars
    230 ratings by Goodreads