Download e-book for kindle: The Trinitarian Vision of Jonathan Edwards and David Coffey by Steven M. Studebaker

Many Evangelicals are looking to think in a God who's merciful to the multitudes that by no means listen the Gospel of Jesus Christ, yet lack the theological different types to aid that aspiration. This ebook addresses those components of evangelical theology through drawing on a widely known determine within the evangelical tradition-Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)-and a modern Roman Catholic theologian-David Coffey (1934-). even though they might look theological worlds aside, their use of a standard trinitarian theology-the Augustinian mutual love model-led them to comparable conclusions on Christology, pneumatology, and the theology of grace. Their universal trinitarian imaginative and prescient offers assets to increase a transformational and relational imaginative and prescient of redemption and an inclusivist theology of religions in the evangelical culture. The ebook brings Jonathan Edwards' and David Coffey's trinitarian realizing of God and redemption into ecumenical and optimistic discussion. The Trinity performs a systemic position of their theology and leads them to comparable Spirit Christologies and pneumatological strategies of grace. Their use of the Augustinian mutual love version of the Trinity and their integration of it with Christology and pneumatology give you the assets to increase a transformational and relational imaginative and prescient of redemption and inclusivist theology of religions. to accomplish its old, ecumenical, and optimistic application, the publication strikes via 3 steps. the 1st describes the Augustinian mutual love version of the Trinity in gentle of 2 of its significant old representatives-St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas-and situates Edwards' and Coffey's proposal in continuity with that culture. the second one part demonstrates that Edwards and Coffey's shared trinitarian theology led them to comparable Spirit Christologies and pneumatological techniques of grace. in response to the old and comparative paintings within the first sections, the 3rd part makes positive proposals. First, it provides a relational and transformational knowing of redemption rather than the normal Protestant evangelical felony doctrine of justification and formulaic method of non secular formation. moment, it proposes an inclusive theology of religions that features a confident theological perspective towards the common human spiritual quest and its manifestation in quite a few spiritual traditions of the area. meant for college kids and students operating in evangelical, ecumenical, and trinitarian theology, this undertaking seeks to make a confident contribution to modern evangelical theology.The e-book will entice a number of audiences. First, it will be important for Edwards students and to readers with a normal curiosity in Edwards because there are few book-length remedies of his trinitarianism. additionally, and accenting its charm, the publication provides an alternate interpretation of his trinitarian theology relative to the former books. moment, it's going to allure the eye of evangelical theologians attracted to the doctrine of the Trinity, ecumenical theology, revising conventional evangelical perspectives on Christ and the Holy Spirit, and constructing an evangelical theology of religions. eventually, the ebook could be necessary to Catholic theologians drawn to ecumenical theology and particularly that regarding Evangelicalism.