Divine Simplicity and the Triune Identity - (Theologische Bibliothek Töpelmann) by Jonathan M Platter (Paperback)

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Book Synopsis

Die Theologische Bibliothek Töpelmann bietet ein Forum für wissenschaftliche Arbeiten in Systematischer Theologie und Religionsphilosophie. Die Reihe steht allen Aspekten einer weit verstandenen Systematischen Theologie offen, insbesondere Forschungen zu Dogmatik, Ethik, allen Epochen der Theologiegeschichte und Religionsphilosophie sowie auch solchen Arbeiten, die bibelwissenschaftliche Perspektiven mit theologischen Fragen verbinden. Der Name der Reihe erinnert an das Erbe des einflussreichen Verlegers Alfred Töpelmann (1867-1954).

Review Quotes

"This study is an outstanding exposition of Jenson's doctrine of God. It is also a deeply stimulating reflection on the ongoing relevance of the concept of divine simplicity."
Stephen A. Long, Theological Studies 83,3 (2022), 479.

"This book ... moves toward a more nuanced understanding of modern trinitarianism and its continuities with ancient doctrine. Using simplicity as a test case is bold because of its abstractness and apparent lack of practical value. Showing that Jenson's more self-consciously scriptural doctrine of God rests on the principle of simplicity may disclose practical applications so far unexploited."
John Hoyum, Lutheran Quarterly 36 (2022), 358.

"No blunt tool, Platter evokes the rich variety of ways in which divine simplicity can support doctrine. His careful reading of Jenson is critically sympathetic, showing how even simplicity's greatest sceptics utilise and benefit from a version of it, however malleable or understated."
Stephen Wright, Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, UK.

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