Early Arabic Christian Contributions to Trinitarian Theology / Thomas W. Ricks.
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TextSeries: Emerging scholarsPublication details: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2013.Description: v, 184 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780800699987 (print)
- 080069998X (print)
- Subtitle on cover: Development of the doctrine of the Trinity in an Islamic milieu
- Church of the East -- Doctrines -- History
- Trinity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Arabic literature -- Christian authors -- History and criticism
- Christian literature, Arabic -- History and criticism
- Theology, Doctrinal -- Islamic Empire -- History
- Christianity and other religions -- Islam
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity
- 231.044 23 RIC
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-179) and index.
"The doctrine of the Trinity is the keystone of Christian faith and teaching, yet most of the secondary accounts on the development of this crucial doctrine do not extend beyond Nicaea and pay scant attention to vital cultural traffic. In this volume, Thomas W. Ricks examines the exposition of the doctrine of the Trinity in a set of texts from key Arabic Christian thinkers from the eighth and ninth centuries and demonstrates that fresh thinking of this cornerstone doctrine occurred in the new context of a reigning Islamic culture; in this context, Christian theologians discovered the salience of the Nicene doctrine while engaging a new religious partner."--Page 4 of cover
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