{"product_id":"a-brief-systematic-theology-of-joshua-mobley-9780567702500","title":"A Brief Systematic Theology of the Symbol","description":"How do Christians understand the Trinity? How does this understanding relate to other Christian teachings? In conversation with key thinkers in contemporary and classical theology, particularly Henri de Lubac, Karl Rahner, Thomas Aquinas and Augustine, this book argues that a theology of symbols can help us glimpse the mystery of the Trinity and see how this central Christian teaching corresponds to Christian understandings of creation, humanity and the church.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA symbol is not here understood as an arbitrary sign, but as a sign that mediates the presence of the symbolized. Joshua Mobley examines the understanding of the Father as \"symbolized\" in the Son who is the \"symbol\" of the Father by the \"symbolism\" of the Spirit, the personal agent of unity between Father and Son. These trinitarian relations then structure creaturely relations to God: God is symbolized in creation, which is a symbol of God by participation in the Son, and the church is symbolism, the union of creation with God by the power of the Spirit. Mobley thus argues that a theology of symbol helps coordinate trinitarian theology with key themes in Christian dogmatics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua Mobley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0567702502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780567702500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Joshua Mobley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43982213873919,"sku":"9780567702500","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc07573d-a23c-4d56-98d6-101e648ad860.jpg?v=1683259866","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-brief-systematic-theology-of-joshua-mobley-9780567702500","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}