'The Trinitarian Self' argues that the insights of three key
authors - Soren Kierkegaard, Eric Voegelin, and Rene Girard - can
be synthesised to produce a Trinitarian theological anthropology.
Their reflections on the deep roots of human behavior illuminate
three structural dimensions of human existence: the temporal
trajectory of selfhood, the vertical axis (God and nature), and the
horizontal plane of cultural formation. An understanding of these
dimensions and how they interrelate proves very fruitful in making
sense of a wide variety of pathological forms of behavior that
human beings have engaged in during the modern era. This work links
together various realms of thought, such as Trinitarian theology, a
plea for a "New Copernican Revolution" that will result in a
broadly held psychological understanding of violence, the ethics of
war and peace, atonement theologies, and critical commentaries on
terrorism and the war on terror. The interplay between these topics
will likely prove very stimulating to a wide variety of readers.
Charles K. Bellinger is Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics
at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas. He is the author of
'The Genealogy of Violence: Reflections on Creation, Freedom, and
Evil' (2001). "Bellinger has thrown a clarifying spotlight on the
question of violence as the crucial intersection between our human
sciences and theology, a dialogue that proves as fruitful in theory
as it is necessary in practice. His telling readings of Soren
Kierkegaard, Eric Voegelin, and Rene Girard are woven together into
an interpretive framework that multiplies the diagnostic relevance
of each one for our conflicted human condition. Ambitious, clear,
and creative, this book is a welcome contribution to the
theological understanding of humanity and to the struggle to
overcome violence." - S. Mark Heim, Samuel Abbot Professor of
Christian Theology, Andover Newton Theological School "The lethal
blow is as ancient as Cain, and it is this mystery of human malice
that Charles Bellinger explores with creativity and verve. His
ambitious theological anthropology, closely tied to the doctrine of
God and ethics, consistently provokes insights into our painfully
predictable tendency toward pyscho-social pathology - and gives us
valuable hints about the way toward peace." - R.R. Reno, Professor
of Theological Ethics, Creighton University
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