Early Arabic Christian contributions to Trinitarian theology
By: Thomas W. Ricks
Series: Emerging scholars; Emerging scholars
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780800699987; 9781451465341
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Trinity; History of doctrines; Arabic literature; Christian authors; History and criticism; Arabic Christian literature; Doctrinal Theology; History; Doctrines; Christianity and other religions; Islam; Relations; Christianity; Church of the East; Fī tat̲līt̲ Āllah āl-wāḥid
Other titles: Development of the doctrine of the Trinity in an Islamic milieu
Description: "The doctrine of the Trinity is the keystone of Christian faith and teaching, yet most of the secondary accounts on the development of this crucial doctrine do not extend beyond Nicaea and pay scant attention to vital cultural traffic. In this volume, Thomas W. Ricks examines the exposition of the doctrine of the Trinity in a set of texts from key Arabic Christian thinkers from the eighth and ninth centuries and demonstrates that fresh thinking of this cornerstone doctrine occurred in the new context of a reigning Islamic culture; in this context, Christian theologians discovered the salience of the Nicene doctrine while engaging a new religious partner."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179) and index.
Table of contents: title: Fī tat̲līt̲ Āllah āl-wāḥid; title: Theodore Abū Qurrah; title: Ḥabīb ibn H̲idmah Abū Rā'iṭah; title: 'Ammār al-Baṣrī.