Invocation and Assent: The Making and the Remaking of Trinitarian Theology

Vickers, Jason E.

ISBN 10: 0802862691 / ISBN 13: 9780802862693

Published by Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing, 2008

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2008. Trade paperback. 224pp. Index. Holy Trinity. NEW. Seller Inventory # 2640619

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Title: Invocation and Assent: The Making and the ...

Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: NEW

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Synopsis:

In the seventeenth century the adoption of a new rule of faith forever changed the way many English-speaking Protestants perceive the doctrine of the Trinity. Instead of the proper personal name by which Christians come to know and love their God, English-speaking Christians increasingly began to think of the Trinity as a network of propositions in need of evaluation for rationality and intelligibility. Suddenly, it was no longer clear that the Trinity mattered for salvation. Invocation and Assent by Jason Vickers charts the effects of this crucial shift in the identity and function of the rule of faith. Examining this turning point in seventeenth-century theological thought, Vickers illuminates the origins of indifference to the Trinity found in many quarters of Christianity today.

About the Author:

Jason E. Vickers is associate professor of theology and Wesleyan studies at United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, coeditor of Canonical Theism (Eerdmans), and the author of Wesley: A.Guide for the Perplexed.