Atonement, Christology and the Trinity: Making Sense of Christian Doctrine

Atonement, Christology and the Trinity: Making Sense of Christian Doctrine
ISBN-10
1409477258
ISBN-13
9781409477259
Category
Religion
Pages
182
Language
English
Published
2013-05-28
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Author
Professor Vincent Brümmer

Description

For many believers today the doctrines of Atonement, Christology and the Trinity seem like puzzling constructions produced by academic theologians. They are cast in unintelligible forms of thought derived from Platonism or from feudal society, and for many their existential relevance for life today remains unclear. This book introduces these doctrines and proposes a reinterpretation in the light of the claim of many Christian mystics that ultimate happiness is to be found in enjoying the loving fellowship of God. This claim is a ‘matrix of faith’ in terms of which these doctrines are shown to be relevant for the life of faith of believers today. Furthermore, since this matrix can be defended within all three Abrahamic traditions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the proposed understanding of these doctrines can also contribute usefully to the necessary dialogue between these traditions in a globalised world.

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