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The Trinity and the Religions

A Cappadocian Assessment of Gavin D’Costa’s Theology of Religions
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 2018

Summary

Will the followers of other religions who have not heard of the gospel be saved? Since the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic church has been grappling with this question, culminating in a recent document, Dominus Iesus in 2000. In the post-DI climate, the British theologian, Gavin D’Costa, has been described as a “representative post-DI theologian of religions.” And with good reason, since other theologians such as Jacques Dupuis whose work along the lines of “neo-Rahnerianism” have been curtailed by DI.

D'Costa’s work has spanned the past three decades and is aimed at developing a theology that echoes developments within the Catholic church's efforts to grapple with the existence of other religions. In doing so, he has appropriated the doctrine of the Trinity by reasoning it provides the very resources for interacting with “Others” and developed a form of Trinitarian inclusivism. Based on the work of patristic theologians such as Lewis Ayres and Michel Barnes and their conception of a “Pro-Nicene” theological matrix, this book is an attempt to assess whether D’Costa’s utilization of trinitarian resources for contemporary concerns is faithful to the tradition. The book concludes that while there is much to commend in D’Costa’s system, there remain some features not fully consonant with classical Trinitarianism.

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Edition
1/2018
Copyright Year
2018
ISBN-Print
978-1-9787-0060-4
ISBN-Online
978-1-9787-0061-1
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
240
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
    3. Abbreviations No access
    4. Introduction No access
  1. Chapter One. The Roman Catholic Theology of Religions No access Pages 1 - 58
  2. Chapter Two. Gavin D’Costa’s Trinitarian Theology of Religions No access Pages 59 - 122
  3. Chapter Three. The Trinitarian Theology of Basil of Caesarea No access Pages 123 - 172
  4. Chapter Four. An Assessment of D’Costa’s Trinitarian Theology of Religions based on Cappadocian Trinitarianism No access Pages 173 - 188
  5. Glossary No access Pages 189 - 192
  6. Bibliography No access Pages 193 - 234
  7. Index No access Pages 235 - 238
  8. About the Author No access Pages 239 - 240

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