The Trinity and creation in Augustine
Subtitle: an ecological analysis
By: Scott A. Dunham.
Series: SUNY series on religion and the environment
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780791475232
Subjects: Augustine, -- Saint, Bishop of Hippo; Trinity -- History of doctrines; Creation -- History of doctrines
Description: "The first English-language book on Augustine's Trinitarian doctrine of creation, The Trinity and Creation in Augustine explores Augustine's relevance for contemporary environmental issues. Modern, environmentally conscious thinkers often see Augustine's doctrines in a negative light, feeling they have been used to justify humankind's domination of nature. Considering Augustine's thought in his own time and ours, Scott A. Dunham takes a more nuanced view."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-189) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The contemporary critique of Augustine; title: The forms of eastern and western Trinitarian thought; title: Augustine's western form of the Trinity : modalism; title: The Trinity and the doctrine of creation : cause and effect; title: The scriptural basis of Augustine's Trinitarian doctrine; title: Augustine's doctrine of the Trinity; title: Subordinationism and the divine missions; title: Monarchy, simplicity, and relations of origin : Augustine's Trinitarian logic; title: Modalism; title: Augustine and hierarchy in the Trinity; title: Hierarchy and the Trinitarian relations; title: Hierarchy and the divine substance; title: The Trinitarian founding of creation; title: The structure of The literal meaning of Genesis; title: Naming the Trinity in Genesis 1; title: How the Trinity founds the creation; title: How the Trinity converts and perfects creatures; title: Trinitarian governance and creaturely participation in God; title: Participation in Augustine's theology; title: God's providential governance and creaturely motion; title: Participation in the Trinity through measure, number, and weight; title: Formless matter and the question of passivity; title: Resting in God, the image of God, and dominion; title: Resting in God; title: Use and enjoyment; title: The work of human dominion and the image of God; title: Dominion and power.