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dc.contributor.advisorHolmes, Stephen R.
dc.contributor.authorSexton, Jason S.
dc.coverage.spatial224en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-26T09:02:21Z
dc.date.available2012-07-26T09:02:21Z
dc.date.issued2012-03-16
dc.identifieruk.bl.ethos.555594 
dc.identifieruk.bl.ethos.555594
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/3025
dc.description.abstractThis thesis provides an examination into the primary features in the theology of one of the turn of the century’s leading evangelical theologians, Stanley J. Grenz. It begins by establishing the controversial nature of Grenz’s project within evangelical theology, and how his aims were misread by a number of evangelical scholars. It then argues that the primary feature in his writings was the doctrine of the Trinity, giving shape to his methodology, theology, and ethical engagement. Accordingly, this thesis identifies the most significant features he adopted and adapted from Wolfhart Pannenberg, whose influence on Grenz is readily seen. These features include not only how Grenz derived particular methodological aspects from Pannenberg (chap. 2), but also those related to the shape of his trinitarian theology itself (chap. 3). Next, while realizing that Grenz’s new-found emphasis on a trinitarian project was not placed on a tabula rasa, a wider account of his trinitarian background is considered (chap. 4), as is the particular developmental shape of his doctrine of the Trinity itself (chap. 5). Following this, an examination is made into how Grenz accessed this doctrine of the Trinity, through the imago Dei concept, informed by a theological hermeneutic, theological exegesis, and weaved through the traditional systematic loci (chap. 6). Finally, the shape of his trinitarian ethical work is considered in light of the overall coherence of his body of writings, both in its early form as a Christian ethic as well as in the test-cases that were part of his engagement (chap. 7). This is followed by a summary of the reception of Grenz’s project, which is deemed consistent with his aims of being both a distinctly evangelical and trinitarian theologian.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.subjectTrinityen_US
dc.subjectStanley J. Grenzen_US
dc.subjectTrinitarian theologyen_US
dc.subjectEvangelical theologyen_US
dc.subjectImago Deien_US
dc.subjectWolfhart Pannenbergen_US
dc.subjectSystematic theologyen_US
dc.subjectTheologyen_US
dc.subject.lccBX4827.G74S4
dc.subject.lcshGrenz, Stanley J. (Stanley James), 1950-2005en_US
dc.subject.lcshTrinity--History of doctrines--20th centuryen_US
dc.titleThe role of the doctrine of the Trinity in the theology of Stanley J. Grenzen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US


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