The Passionate God

Essay from the year 1998 in the subject Theology - Systematic Theology, grade: A, course: Course: The Doctrine of the Trinity (Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Wainwright, Cushman Chair of Christian Theology), language: English, abstract: This essay reviews J rgen Moltmann's volume, "The Trinity and the Kingdom: The Doctrine of God" (1980). The author raises the question: To what degree is Moltmann's Trinitarian theology to be judged as a helpful contribution to the Jewish-Christian dialogue given the fact that Jews would disagree fundamentally with the description of God's unity as a relationship between three fully divine beings?