The God Who Is Triune: Revisioning the Christian Doctrine of God - Paperback

by Allan Coppedge (Author)

"We worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity." (Athanasian Creed, 6th century A.D.The triunity of the Christian God is not just one isolated doctrine among others. Allan Coppedge unfolds the implications of the trinitarian being of God forour entire understanding of the nature, character and acts of God. Building on the theology of the church from the early church fathers, tracing it through the Reformation and down to current theological treatments of the Trinity, Coppedge draws outthe implications for our understanding of God's nature, attributes, roles, and relationship to creation and providence.

Author Biography

Allan Coppedge is Beeson Professor of Christian Theology at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, where he has taught for more than thirty years. He has written Shaping the Wesleyan Message: John Wesley in Theological Debate and The Biblical Principles of Discipleship and coauthored In His Image: A Workbook on Scriptural Holiness. He holds the Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in England and is president of the Barnabas Foundation, a discipleship training organization for students and local churches.