In This Name: The Doctrine of the Trinity in Contemporary Theology

In the analysis of contemporary patterns of thought which comprises Parts II and III of this book I have had always in mind four main problems. First the distinguishing of the principal types of attitudes toward the doctrine of the Trinity. Second the theological interest or motivation of these attitudes. . . . Third the relation of the various restatements to classical Christian views. . . . Fourth the value and viability of the recent interpretations in terms of their relevance and meaning for contemprary religious problems and thought. My own constructive suggestions regarding the basis and significance of the trinitarian conception and the systematic reformulation of the doctrine are drawn together in Part IV. --from the Preface Claude Welch is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Historical Theology at the Graduate Theological Union Berkeley. He is also the author of In Protestant Thought in the Nineteenth Century (2 vols.) and The Reality of the Church.