The Trinity in Asian Perspective

Book

Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

The Trinity in Asian Perspective

Description

Western Christians often despair of finding meaning in the paradoxical statement that God is both "One" and "Three". The problem, says Jung Young Lee, is not with the doctrine of the Trinity itself; rather, it is with the Western conceptual tendency to view reality in exclusive, "either/or" terms. The Trinity is at its heart an inclusive doctrine of one God who is nonetheless three distinct persons. In order to grasp this fact, we need different conceptual categories, not only with which to view God, but all of reality. The Asian philosophical construct of yin and yang can offer a way out of this problem, with its inherently "both/and" way of thinking. Drawing on a variety of East Asian religious traditions, Lee offers a creative reinterpretation of this central Christian doctrine. He shows how a global perspective can illuminate Western theological constructs as he establishes the necessity of a contextual approach to the doctrine of the Trinity. -- Book cover.

Book Details

Author

Lee, Jung Young.

Place Published

City

Nashville

Date Published

1996

Publication Subjects

Trinity. Theology, Doctrinal -- Asia. Christianity and culture. East and West. Asia -- Religion. Trinité. Théologie dogmatique -- Asie. Asie -- Religion. Christianity and culture. East and West. Religion. Theology, Doctrinal. Trinity. Asia. Religion Trinitätslehre Asien Trinity. Theology, Doctrinal -- Asia. Christian sociology. East and West -- Religion -- Christianity. Asia -- Religion -- Christianity.

Call No.

BT111.2 .L44 1996

Notes

255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm