Beloved Community: Critical Dogmatics after Christendom

An original, comprehensive system of theology
especially apropos to the post-Christendom
North American context

In this scholarly work Paul Hinlicky transcends the impasse
between dogmatic and systematic theology by articulating
and arguing a single cognitive claim: God is the One who has
determined to redeem the creation by the missions of his Son
and Spirit.

Deploying an unusual Spirit-Son-Father trinitarian scheme,
Hinlicky treats the problem of the knowledge of God and the
nature of the theological discipline, and he proceeds to carefully
develop his system of theology through expansive, wideranging
argumentation. Each main part of his work includes
discussion of the ecumenical convergences in doctrine gained
over the last generation and exploration of interreligious
dialogues, especially with Judaism and Islam. Throughout the
book, Hinlicky engages with other theologians – particularly
with Robert Jenson’s Systematic Theology – and concludes each
major section with a discussion of an alternate perspective on
the subject.