Title: German idealism's Trinitarian legacy /
Authors: Schlitt, Dale M.,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Trinity.; Idealism, German History.; Philosophical theology.; Idealism, German.; Philosophical theology; Trinity
Abstract: "Dale M. Schlitt presents a study of trinitarian thought as it was understood and debated by the German Idealists broadly--engaging Schelling's philosophical interpretations of Trinity as well as Hegel's--and analyzing how these Idealist interpretations influenced later philosophers and theologians. Divided into different sections, one considers nineteenth-century central Europeans Philipp Marheineke, Isaak August Dorner, and Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov under the rubric 'testimonials.' Another section studies twentieth-century Germans Karl Barth, Karl Rahner, and Wolfhart Pannenberg, who share 'family resemblances' with the Idealists, and a third addresses the work of twentieth- and twenty-first century Americans, Robert W. Jenson, Catherine Mowry LaCugna, Joseph A. Bracken, and Schlitt himself, whose work reverberates with what Schlitt terms "transatlantic Idealist echoes." The book concludes with reflection on the overall German Idealist trinitarian legacy, noting several challenges it offers to those who will pursue creative trinitarian reflection in the future." -- From publisher's description.
Contents: Part 1. The idealist Trinitarian adventure. Introduction to Part 1: Johan Gottlieb Fichte: setting the stage ; George W. F. Hegel: a daring claim ; Friedrich W. J. von Schelling: a radically free and personal God -- Part 2. Early European testimonials to idealist influence. Introduction to part 2 ; Philipp Marheineke: a Trinitarian dialectic of being and thought ; Isaak August Dorner: an ethical Trinity ; Vladimire Sergeyevich Solovyov: a Trinitarian metaphysics -- Part 3. German idealist family resemblances. Introduction to Part 3 ; Karl Barth: a self-revealing Trinity ; Karl Rahner: a self-communicating Trinity ; Wolfhart Pannenberg: reciprocally self-distinguishing divine persons -- Part 4. American idealist echoes. Robert W. Jenson: a narrative Trinity ; Catherine Mowry LaCugna: one Trinity of communion among persons ; Joseph A Bracken: a panentheistic process Trinitarian society ; Dale M. Schlitt: an experiential Trinity -- Conclusion: idealism's enduring Trinitarian legacy.