Title: Thou who art : the concept of the personality of God /
Authors: Robinson, John A. T. 1919-1983
Publisher: Continuum,
Year: 2006
Subjects: God; Personality Religious aspects Christianity
Abstract: In this early work Bishop John Robinson began to work as a theologian as he meant to go on: questioning accepted doctirne, stripping away, getting to the heart and re-interpreting. He explores the idea of the personality in God as opposed to God as a person.
Contents: The Concept of the Personality of God -- The 'Classical' Theory of Personality -- A New Beginning -- The 'I-Thou' Relation -- The Divine 'Thou' -- The Double 'Responsibility' of Personal Existence -- Personality as Relationship -- The Person of Christ -- The Divine Existence-in-Love -- Omnipotence: The Weakness of God -- Omnipotence: Stronger than Men -- Eternity: The Negation of Time -- Eternity: The Lord of Time -- The Place of the Doctrine of the Trinity -- Three 'Thous' or One? (1) The Evidence of Immediate Experience -- Three 'Thous' or One? (2) The Evidence of the Incarnation -- Three 'Thous' or One? (3) The Evidence of Christ's Eternal Humanity -- The Ground of Distinction of the Persons (1) -- The Ground of Distinction of the Persons (2) -- The Persons of the Godhead and the Personality of God.