The Depth of the Riches: A Trinitarian Theology of Religious Ends (Sacra Doctrina: Christian Theology for a Postmodern Age)
Contributors: Alan G. Padgett (Editor)
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: February 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780802847584
Subjects: Christian theology; Nature & existence of God; Religion; God (Theology); Theology - Academic; Trinity; Theology of religions (Christian theology); Christian Theology - Anthropology; Ecumenism; Pluralism; Christianity - Theology - General; Christian Theology - General; Theology of religions (Christi
First sentence: The most rigid liberal and conservative theological approaches share a largely undefended assumption that there is and can be only one religious end, one actual religious fulfillment.
Description: "In this work S. Mark Heim probes the Christian understanding of God and salvation and offers a new perspective on religious pluralism that recognizes different religious ends in other faiths. The questions explored here are both difficult and enlightening. What is the distinctive nature of salvation? Is there a place in Christian theology for recognizing other religious ends in addition to salvation? In pursuit of meaningful answers, Heim uses the classical doctrine of the Trinity to develop a theology that respects the possibility that alternative relations with God exist in other religions."--BOOK JACKET.