The Trinity as our Ecclesial Program? Assessing Miroslav Volf’s Trinitarian Theology of the Church
This article argues that while there are missteps in Mirolsav Volf’s proposal of a trinitarian theology of the church, his impulse to coordinate these doctrines is to be commended and built upon. Specifically it argues that Volf falters by moving from intra-trinitarian relations to an ethical-struct...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2020]
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International journal of systematic theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 361-382 |
IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBC Doctrine of God NBN Ecclesiology |
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Summary: | This article argues that while there are missteps in Mirolsav Volf’s proposal of a trinitarian theology of the church, his impulse to coordinate these doctrines is to be commended and built upon. Specifically it argues that Volf falters by moving from intra-trinitarian relations to an ethical-structural orientation for the church too quickly, but that alternative models of coordination can succeed to the extent that they follow a proper progression of dogmatic grounding from God’s triune processions through the triune missions to a constitution of the church’s being, then to an orientation of the church’s mission and, finally, to a determination of the church’s organization and ethics. |
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ISSN: | 1468-2400 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of systematic theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/ijst.12406 |