Life is a theological and metaphysical problem, because it constitutes the apex of the realm of being. The Aristotelian Unmoved Mover was identified with Life as the act of thinking. Christian doctrine affirms that God is triune just as Life, but here identified both with Logos and Love. The ontology of the First Principle is different in Classical metaphysics and in Trinitarian theology. The q...

this paper has three parts. in the first part, we bring to the fore an ancient vedic concept of mesocosm and discuss its religious and cosmic significance within indian religion. this part also brings an initial approach towards philosophy of spirituality by focusing on the role of breath within the very concept of mesocosm. in the second part, based on our preliminary analysis, we present an o...

the Christian theology of religions. Introduction A remarkable revival of Trinitarian theology emerged in the twentieth century. Karl Rahner, on the Catholic side, and Karl Barth, on the Protestant side, played key roles in the “ecumenical rediscovery” of the Trinity. In addition to rethinking elements of this central doctrine (e.g., nature of divine personhood, Filioque, etc.), this resurgence...

This paper responds to the question what is origin and nature of apostolicity how it demonstrated? The investigation examines meaning found in New Testament, its significant transition through post-apostolic period, consequence on contemporary understanding. dilemma first second century-generation Christians was understand light disappearance ‘sacred triad’ (apostles, prophets teachers). emergi...

In this paper, we will describe and systematically discuss the heterogeneous diversified structure of current theological philosophical debate concerning Trinitarian ontology, or metaphysics. Our point departure be New Ontologies conference held in Cambridge September 2019. Recapitulating most significant contributions presented at conference, identify key approaches to problem a revision onto...

This article proposes that a trinitarian eschatological hermeneutic, applied to the doctrine of creation, helps us to make sense of evolution theologically. From this perspective, the Holy Spirit incessantly draws creation to the Father’s intended destination for it (new creation) through the cosmic, creative-redemptive work of the Son. This article fi rst develops the proposed hermeneutic in d...