The Trinity is unconstitutional

Some marble, appropriately worked, comes to constitute a statue: constitution is the relation between the resulting statue and the marble it is made of. Some recent authors use the concept of constitution to explicate or at least provide an analogy for the doctrine of the Trinity. I argue that this...

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Main Author: Leftow, Brian 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2018]
In: Religious studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 54, Issue: 3, Pages: 359-376
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Trinity / Constitution (Philosophy) / Relationstechnik
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBA Dogmatics
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Summary:Some marble, appropriately worked, comes to constitute a statue: constitution is the relation between the resulting statue and the marble it is made of. Some recent authors use the concept of constitution to explicate or at least provide an analogy for the doctrine of the Trinity. I argue that this won't do, because there is no viable candidate for the role the marble plays in the statue's case.
ISSN:1469-901X
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0034412518000215