Further Explorations

The Theology Explorations committee hopes that we have created a banquet that will invite you to “feast” on our triune God. Most especially, we hope that we have created an environment where each of you is invited to go deeper into your understanding of our triune God. May this going deeper cause you to hunger for more and help you to deepen your relationship with our triune personal God.

Cross in the Mountains (Tetschen Altar), 1808.

Friedrich, Caspar David

(b. 1774, Greifswald, d. 1840, Dresden)

Oil on canvas, 115 x 110 cm

Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

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Workshops

Two other opportunities for study will include sessions presented by our Associate, Lisa-Marie Duffield (July 7 and 8 in the Green Dining Room, details out soon) and this fall by Bea Dorsey who will consider the triune God from the lens of New Cosmology (watch for details).

Library Display

A changing display that will give you an opportunity to experience the Trinity from even more perspectives.

“Feasting” Display

This fall we hope to have a display of artwork, poetry, music, pottery, prayers, photography etc. that community members create because of their “feasting” on the triune God. Watch for details.

More Written Materials

“For Further Explorations” materials are available for you to check out from the Siena Center library and include:

Elizabeth Johnson “Triune God: Mystery of Relation”

Herman Schaluck “The Trinitarian Structure of Discipleship

Harold G. Wells “Trinitarian Feminism: Elizabeth Johnson’s

Wisdom Christology”

John Kavanaugh “At the Bottom of Reality”

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(More Ways to “Feast”)

This is a selected bibliography of some recent works that give you many additional ways to consider our triune God and go deeper in your understanding. Some of these are overviews of recent trends others take you on an exploration of Trinity from a liberation, feminist, cosmological or ecumenical view. These will be available for check out in the Siena Center library.

Beaudoin, Tom. “Three's company.” U.S. Catholic. (2000) 65:9, p21.

Boff, Leonardo. Holy Trinity, Perfect Community. TRS, Phillip Berryman. Maryknoll,

New York, Orbis, 2000.

In a series of clear, short chapters, Leonardo Boff unpacks the mysteries of Trinitarian faith, showing why it makes a difference to believe that God is communion rather than solitude.

Edwards, Denis. Breathe of Life: A Theology of the Creator Spirit. Maryknoll, New

York: Orbis Books, 2004.

In light of the stunning world opened up by the Big Bang theory, Edwards sketches a theological narrative of the Creator Spirit as a story with four continuing episodes—creation, grace, the Christ-event, and the church.

-----The God of Evolution: A Trinitarian Theology. New York: Paulist Press, 1999.

A scholarly, intelligent dialogue between science and the Christian tradition.

Farrelly, John. The Trinity: Rediscovering the Central Christian Mystery. Lanham,

Maryland: Rowman &Littlefield Publishers, 2005.

Written in an ecumenical spirit that engages contemporary questions and theological viewpoints Farrelly articulates the mystery of the Trinity for people formed by modern historical consciousness, science, awareness of the equal dignity of men and women, and respect for world religions.

Grenz, Stanley J. Rediscovering the Triune God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2004.

The story of trinitarian theology in the last century. Provides an analysis of the remarkable ferment in the discipline and discusses key theologians discussing such issues as God's inner life versus God's relationship to creation (immanent and economic trinity), social versus psychological analogies for the relationships within God, the relationship between trinity and Christology, the feminist critique of classical categories, and how God's trinitarian life figures in evolution, social justice, and spirituality.

Hunt, Anne. What Are They Saying About the Trinity? Mahwah, New Jersey, Paulist Press, 1998.

A good, readable, short introduction to current Trinitarian thought

Johnson, Elizabeth A. Women, Earth, and Creator Spirit. New York: Paulist Press, 1993.

Johnson gives readers the opportunity to rethink and examine their traditional views on God She connects the destruction of the earth with the oppression of women in a unique way.

LaCugna, Catherine Mowry. God For Us. San Francisco: Harper, 1991.

Recently deceased Notre Dame theologian Catherine LaCugna offers us a
scholarly examination of why the doctrine of the Triune God was lost to
abstraction for most Christians. She takes us back to where we need to go
to reclaim this treasure.

Maloney, George A. Abiding in the Indwelling Trinity. New York: Paulist, 2004.

Ordained as Jesuit in both the Roman and Eastern Rites, George Maloney
gives us the flavor of the Eastern approach to the Doctrine of the Triune
God. A good read to understand Greek Orthodoxy.

Medley, Mark S. Imago Trinitas: Toward a Relational Understanding of Becoming Human. Lanham, New York: University Press of America, Inc., 2002.

Originally, a doctoral thesis, this work by an evangelical Christian
scholar is a development of LaCugna's insights, with the added plus of
adding a distinct feminine emphasis. A scholarly and challenging read!

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Further Explorations

Workshops

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“Feasting” Display

More Written Materials

Annotated Bibliography

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