German Idealism's Trinitarian Legacy

A study of the roots and legacy of German Idealist philosophy for trinitarian theology.Dale M. Schlitt presents a study of trinitarian thought as it was understood and debated by the German Idealists broadly-engaging Schelling's philosophical interpretations of Trinity as well as Hegel's-and analyzing how these Idealist interpretations influenced later philosophers and theologians. Divided into different sections, one considers nineteenth-century central Europeans Philipp Marheineke, Isaak August Dorner, and Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov under the rubric "e;testimonials."e; Another section studies twentieth-century Germans Karl Barth, Karl Rahner, and Wolfhart Pannenberg, who share "e;family resemblances"e; with the Idealists, and a third addresses the work of twentieth- and twenty-first century Americans, Robert W. Jenson, Catherine Mowry LaCugna, Joseph A. Bracken, and Schlitt himself, whose work reverberates with what Schlitt terms "e;transatlantic Idealist echoes."e; The book concludes with reflection on the overall German Idealist trinitarian legacy, noting several challenges it offers to those who will pursue creative trinitarian reflection in the future.