Research Catalog

Title

Early Arabic Christian contributions to Trinitarian theology / Thomas W. Ricks.

Author

Ricks, Thomas W.

Publication

• Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2013]
• ©2013

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Details

Description

v, 184 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"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 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.

Series Statement

Emerging scholars

Uniform Title

Emerging scholars.

Alternative Title

Development of the doctrine of the Trinity in an Islamic milieu

Subject

• Abū Qurrah, Thāwdhūrus, approximately 750-825
• Takrītī, Ḥabīb ibn Khidmah, active 9th century
• Church of the East > Doctrines > History
• Fī taṯlīṯ Āllah āl-wāḥid
• 600-1500
• Medeltiden
• 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

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Fī taṯlīṯ Āllah āl-wāḥid -- Theodore Abū Qurrah -- Ḥabīb ibn H̲idmah Abū Rā'iṭah -- 'Ammār al-Baṣrī.

ISBN

• 9780800699987
• 080069998X

OCLC

• 837147372
• SCSB-12517975

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library