Energies of the Spirit: Trinitarian Models in Eastern Orthodox and Western Theology

by Duncan Reid

This book examines twentieth-century theological commentators (Brath, Rahner, Florovsky, Lossky) on the problem of the doctrine of energies in God. Counter to existing trends in western theology, the author gives a positive evaluation of this doctrine and seeks common ground between the eastern idea of essence and energies and the western identification of the inner and economic trinity. Though written from a clearly western perspective, the book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0788503456
• ISBN13: 9780788503450
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 8.6"