TH012-812 - God as Trinity

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • theologyUnit Discipline

Prerequisites

24cps TH/CH

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code TH421/621.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, selected key classical and modern issues in the doctrine of the Trinity.

B. Be able to

1. Examine selected methodological and theological issues in classical and modern understandings of the Trinity, and the interrelationship between the doctrine of the Trinity and other theological loci.
2. Demonstrate skill in utilising historical-theological resources and diverse contemporary scholarship in investigating selected themes in classical and modern understandings of the Trinity.
3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on historical and contemporary issues in the doctrine of the Trinity.

C. Be in a position to

1. Apply perspectives from ‘God as Trinity’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner.

Content

Section A: Classical Trinitarianism
    •  Early Christian debates and presentations on the Trinity
    •  Nicaea, Constantinople and their Legacy
    •  Mediaeval Trinitarian thought
    •  The Trinity in the Reformation and Protestant Orthodoxy

Section B: Modern Trinitarian Thought
    •  The Rejection of Classical Theism
    •  Speculative Trinitarianism
    •  Trinitarian Revival and its antecedents
    •  Selected contemporary issues in Trinitarian scholarship
    •  Implications of the Trinity for 21st Century Christianity and Christian ministry

Set Readings

Ayres, Lewis. Nicaea and Its Legacy: An Approach to Fourth-Century Trinitarian Theology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Bavinck, Herman. Reformed Dogmatics 4 vols. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2003-08.

Duby, Steven. Divine Simplicity: A Dogmatic Account. London: T & T Clark, 2018.

George, Timothy. God the Holy Trinity: Reflections on Christian Faith and Practice. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006.

Gunton, Colin. Father, Son and Holy Spirit: Toward a Fully Trinitarian Theology. London: T & T Clark, 2003.

Letham, Robert. The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship. Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed, 2004.

Helm, Paul. Eternal God: A Study of God Without Time. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.

Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti. The Trinity: Global Perspectives. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2007.

Metzger, Paul. Trinitarian Soundings in Systematic Theology. London: T & T Clark, 2005.

Phan, Peter ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Trinity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Sanders, Fred. The Triune God. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2016.

Schwobel, Christoph. Trinitarian Theology Today: Essays on Divine Being and Act. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1995.

Torrance, Thomas. The Christian Doctrine of God: One Being, Three Persons Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1996.

Webster, John. God Without Measure: Working Papers in Christian Theology vol. 1. London: T & T Clark, 2016.

Weinandy, Thomas. Does God Suffer? Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2000