The Trinity East/West Dialogue
East/West Summit on the Holy Trinity Held in Moscow - A stellar cast from the Society of Christian Philosophers/West and the Russian Orthodox Church/East met to discuss the mystery of God as three in one. Theologians and philosophers, typically rivals, sy
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STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION
Volume 24
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
THE TRINITY East/West Dialogue
Edited by MELVILLE Y. STEWART The University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, U.S.A.
RICHARD SWINBURNE introduction EUGENE GRUSHETSKY XENIA GRUSHETSKY translators
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-90-481-6475-2 ISBN 978-94-017-0393-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-0393-2
Translated from the French language by Fiachra Long, Maurice BlondeI: Oeuvres completes. tome II, © PUF, 1997. With kind permission ofPresses Universitaires de France (PUF), Paris, France
Coverart: The Icon of the HoIy Trinity, Andrei Rublev, ca. 1410
Printed on acidlree paper
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To my loving wife, Donna Mae
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Diagrams & Tables ..................................................... .ix Contributors ............................................................... xi Preface ........................................................................ xvii 1. Introduction Richard Swinburne ............................................................... 1
2. Greeting Alexei II ........................................... ............................... 3
3. The Revelation of God as Trinity Metropolitan Filaret. ........................................................... 5
4. Modern Anglo-American Philosophy of Religion Richard Swinburne ........................... ................................. 13
5. The Trinitarian Dilemma Dale Tuggy ..................................................................... 23
6. Perichoretic Monotheism Stephen T. Davis ............................................................... 35
7. Trinitarian Willing and Salvific Initiatives Melville Y. Stewart ................................................ . ... ........ 53
8. The Trinity and Personal Identity Peter Forrest. ................................................................... 75
9. Three Persons in One Being Peter van Inwagen ............................................................. 83
10. The Elements ofTriadology in the New Testament Archimandrite Januariy (lvliev) .............................................. 99 Vll
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11. The Trinitarian Teaching of St. Gregory Nazianzen Hilarion Alfeyev .... .. .. ... . .. .. ... .... ....... ..... ... .......... . ... . .. ... ... 107
12. St. Augustine's
