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Spirit Christology and Trinity in the Theology of David Coffey

by Declan O'Byrne (Author)
©2010 Monographs XIV, 262 Pages

Summary

Spirit Christology has emerged as an important focus in recent theology. It offers new perspectives on Christology and Pneumatology. Can these new perspectives lead to advances in trinitarian theology itself? The classical theologies of both East and West tended to express great reserve about moving too easily from the economy of salvation to ideas about God in se. In the twentieth century, Karl Rahner’s argument that the ‘economic’ Trinity is the ‘immanent’ Trinity and vice versa helped lead to a significant erosion of this reserve, though not without controversy. The work of David Coffey represents a significant contribution to reflection on this nexus of questions. This book examines his treatment of the relation of Spirit Christology to Logos Christology, his reformulation of Rahner’s axiom, and his suggestion that Spirit Christology offers an ‘ascending’ basis for a ‘mutual love’ Pneumatology, in the service of a renewed trinitarian theology. It presents an analysis of Coffey’s achievement in its various contexts, historical and contemporary. It highlights his methodological balance and argues that his theology represents an important development within the tradition, casting new light on issues of pressing contemporary interest.

Details

Pages
XIV, 262
Publication Year
2010
ISBN (Softcover)
9783034301916
Language
English
Keywords
Theology Spirit Christology Logos Christology Pneumatology
Published
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2010. XIV, 262 pp.

Biographical notes

Declan O'Byrne (Author)

Declan O’Byrne was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1970. He studied Philosophy and English at University College Dublin, where he also completed an MA at the Department of Modern English and a Higher Diploma in Education. He studied theology at the Milltown Institute of Philosophy and Theology (BD and STL). He completed his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology in 2009 at the Mater Dei Institute of Education (Dublin City University), where he also lectured in the same subject. He is currently teaching in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Title: Spirit Christology and Trinity in the Theology of David Coffey