Offsite Review: The Oxford Handbook of the Trinity

The Oxford Handbook of the TrinityThe Oxford Handbook of The Trinity is not available for kindle and the hardcover version is $131 used ($145 new, $150 suggested retail).  So I probably will not pick it up any time soon.  But the review is very positive and I will pay attention to used book stores and look around at my library for a copy of it.  It is reviewed by Nick Norelli at Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth blog.

It’s quite common to talk about the rise, fall, and resurgence of Trinitarian theology. One is hard pressed to open up any of the dozens of recent books on file and not find a reference to the role that Friedrich Schleiermacher played in its demise or the role that Karl Barth and Karl Rahner played in its renewal. But for as ubiquitous as this claim is, it is equally wrong, or at least in need of nuancing as editors Matthew Levering (Professor of Theology at the University of Dayton, Ohio) and Gilles Emery (Professor of Theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland) point out in the introduction to The Oxford Handbook of the Trinity. They rightly note that “œin reality reflection on the Trinity has never ceased to be fruitful and give rise to new approaches” (1).

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