Ontology and anti-Platonism : reconsidering Colin Gunton’s trinitarian theology
Abstract
This article offers a reading of Colin Gunton’s trinitarian theology in light of recent theological attempts to develop accounts of ‘new trinitarian ontologies’ in a strongly Christian Neo-Platonic vein. In particular, this article seeks to situate Gunton’s work within the broader context of late twentieth European thought by comparing his ‘trinitarian ontology’ to the anti-Platonic ontologies of Martin Heidegger and Gilles Deleuze. By way of considering the ‘anti-Platonic’ aspects of Gunton’s trinitarian theology, this article presents his theological project as a testcase which highlights the stakes in constructing ‘new’ trinitarian ontologies as well as possible objections to the affirmative attitude towards Christian Neo-Platonism in contemporary theological metaphysics.
Citation
Leung , K-H 2020 , ' Ontology and anti-Platonism : reconsidering Colin Gunton’s trinitarian theology ' , Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie , vol. 62 , no. 4 , pp. 419-440 . https://doi.org/10.1515/nzsth-2020-0022
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Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0028-3517Type
Journal article
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