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Zusatztext This is an adventurous and challenging metaphysical experiment, elaborating Henri de Lubac's "symbolism" as a theological mode capable of holding practice and speculation in creative tension. Informationen zum Autor Joshua Mobley is a Lecturer at Baylor University, USA. Vorwort An exploration in trinitarian theology and its relation to other key themes in Christian theology through a theology of the symbol in dialogue with Henri de Lubac, Karl Rahner, Aquinas and Augustine. Zusammenfassung How do Christians understand the Trinity? How does this understanding relate to other Christian teachings? In conversation with key thinkers in contemporary and classical theology, particularly Henri de Lubac, Karl Rahner, Thomas Aquinas and Augustine, this book argues that a theology of symbols can help us glimpse the mystery of the Trinity and see how this central Christian teaching corresponds to Christian understandings of creation, humanity and the church. A symbol is not here understood as an arbitrary sign, but as a sign that mediates the presence of the symbolized. Joshua Mobley examines the understanding of the Father as “symbolized” in the Son who is the “symbol” of the Father by the “symbolism” of the Spirit, the personal agent of unity between Father and Son. These trinitarian relations then structure creaturely relations to God: God is symbolized in creation, which is a symbol of God by participation in the Son, and the church is symbolism, the union of creation with God by the power of the Spirit. Mobley thus argues that a theology of symbol helps coordinate trinitarian theology with key themes in Christian dogmatics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter One: The Trinity 1. Introduction 2. Augustine, Signs, and the Trinity 3. Karl Rahner’s Symbolized and Symbol 4. De Lubac’s Sacramental Pneumatology 5. Conclusion: Symbolized-Symbol-Symbolism Chapter Two: Creation 1. Introduction 2. Two Trinitarian Models 3. Aquinas on Creation 4. Duns Scotus 5. Conclusion Chapter Three: Humanity 1. Introduction 2. Nature and Grace 3. Anthropology and Fourfold Exegesis 4. Mary the Exegete Chapter Four: the Church ...
