Revelation, Redemption, and Response: Calvin's Trinitarian Understanding of the Divine-Human Relationship

How does John Calvin understand and depict the relationship of God with humanity? Until this study, the most influential readings of Calvin have tended to assume a dialectical divine-human opposition as fundamental to his thought. In this fresh consideration of Calvin's Christian vision his consistent and pervasive appeal to the Trinity in understanding the divine-human relationship is delineated and imaginatively rendered. Tracing the trinitarian theme in its many dimensions throughout the reformer's work, Philip Butin offers a revised look at the vital role of the Trinity in Calvin's thought, in the process recovering Calvin as a significant historical source for contemporary trinitarian theological reflection.

• | Author: Philip Walker Butin
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 23, 1995
• | Number of Pages: 248 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0195086007
• | ISBN-13: 9780195086003