Metaphysics and the Tri-Personal God (Oxford Studies in Analytic Theology) - Hardcover

Hasker, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199681511 ISBN 13: 9780199681518

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2013

Synopsis

This is the first full-length study of the doctrine of the Trinity from the standpoint of analytic philosophical theology. William Hasker reviews the evidence concerning fourth-century pro-Nicene trinitarianism in the light of recent developments in the scholarship on this period, arguing for particular interpretations of crucial concepts. He then reviews and criticizes recent work on the issue of the divine three-in-oneness, including systematic theologians such as Barth, Rahner, Moltmann, and Zizioulas, and analytic philosophers of religion such as Leftow, van Inwagen, Craig, and Swinburne. In the final part of the book he develops a carefully articulated social doctrine of the Trinity which is coherent, intelligible, and faithful to scripture and tradition.

About this title

About the Author:

William Hasker (Ph.D., University of Edinburgh), is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Huntington University in Huntington, Indiana, where he taught from 1966 until 2000. His main interests in philosophy are philosophy of religion and philosophy of mind. He is the author of Metaphysics (1983), God, Time, and Knowledge (1989), The Emergent Self (1999), Providence, Evil, and the Openness of God (2004), and The Triumph of God Over Evil (2008), and is co-author or co-editor of several other volumes. He was the editor of Faith and Philosophy from 2000 until 2007.

Review:

"Hasker's version of social trinitarianism - an elegant fusing of various theories taken from his peers in the field along with some fresh insights - is perhaps the most palatable version on file. His use of Leftow's 'single trope of deity' is a helpful way of looking at the divine being without falling into the modalism inherent in Leftow's own proposals." --Nick Norelli, Rightly Dividing the World of Truth

"Hasker's advocacy of both theological orthodoxy and philosophical humility are spot on. They should serve as guides for the ongoing debate that will doubtless follow from Hasker's important contribution to our contemporary understanding of the doctrine of the Trinity."-- Edward Brooks, Marginalia

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0199681511
• ISBN 13: 9780199681518
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288