The Trinity East/West Dialogue [Paperback]

East/West Summit on the Holy Trinity Held in Moscow. Theologians and philosophers, typically rivals, synergized in their pursuit of truth and understanding regarding this central, unifying Christian belief, demonstrating respective strengths in marvelous complementary array. The next best thing to being there are the papers that were presented and polished for this volume.

East/West Summit on the Holy Trinity Held in Moscow - A stellar cast from the Society of Christian Philosophers/West and the Russian Orthodox Church/East met to discuss the mystery of God as three in one. Theologians and philosophers, typically rivals, synergized in their pursuit of truth and understanding regarding this central, unifying Christian belief, demonstrating respective strengths in marvellous complementary array. His holiness Alexei II, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia extended greetings and Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk set the stage. History still has its shining moments. The next best thing to being there are the papers that were presented and polished for this volume.Diagrams & Tables. Contributors. Preface.1. Introduction; R. Swinburne.2. Greeting; Alexei II.3. The Revelation of God as Trinity; Metropolitan Filaret.4. Modern Anglo-American Philosophy of Religion; R. Swinburne.5. The Trinitarian Dilemma; D. Tuggy.6. Perichoretic Monotheism; S.T. Davis.7. Trinitarian Willing and Salvific Initiatives; M.Y. Stewart.8. The Trinity and Personal Identity; P. Forrest.9. Three Persons in One Being; P. van Inwagen.10. The Elements of Triadology in the New Testament; Archimandrite Januariy (Ivliev).11. The Trinitarian Teaching of St. Gregory Nazianzen; H. Alfeyev.12. St. Augustine's Doctrine of the Trinity in the Light of Orthodox Triadology of the Fourth Century; A. Fokin.13. Word and Trinity; E. Stump.14. The Trinity and Natural Reason; C. Taliaferro.15. The Holy Trinity and Non-Christian Triades; V. Shokhin.16. The Dogma of the Trinity and Its Social-Political ImpllCž