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Zusatztext a true theological adventure Informationen zum Autor Lewis Ayres is Assistant Professor of Historical Theology at the Candler School of Theology and the Graduate Division of Religion, Emory University. Klappentext Lewis Ayres offers a new account of the most important century in the development of Christian belief after Christ. He shows how the doctrine of the Trinity was developed, and in particular argues that a conception of God's mysteriousness and spiritual progress towards understanding is central to that doctrine. He also proposes that modern theologies of the Trinity fail to appreciate the depth and power of Nicene trinitarianism. Zusammenfassung Offers an account of the most important century in the development of Christian belief after Christ. The author shows how the doctrine of the Trinity was developed, and in particular, argues that a conception of God's mysteriousness and spiritual progress towards understanding is central to that doctrine. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Towards a Controversy 1: Points of Departure 2: Theological Trajectories in the Early Fourth Century I 3: Theological Trajectories in the Early Fourth Century II 4: Confusion and Controversy: AD 325-340 5: The Creation of `Arianism': AD 340-350 II. The Emergence of Pro-Nicene Theology 6: Shaping the Alternatives: AD 350-360 7: The Beginnings of Rapprochement 8: Basil of Caesarea and the Development of Pro-Nicene Theology 9: The East from Valens to Theodosius 10: Victory and the Struggle for Definition III. Understanding Pro-Nicene Theology 11: On the Contours of Mystery 12: `The First and Brightest Light' 13: `Walk Towards Him Shining' 14: `On Not Three Gods': Gregory of Nyssa's Trinitarian Theology 15: The Grammar of Augustine's Trinitarian Theology 16: In Spite of Hegel, Fire and Sword Epilogue: On Teaching the Fourth Century
