Najib George Awad Bücher

The book explores the development of Trinitarian theology in the modern era, highlighting the contributions of key figures such as Schleiermacher, Tillich, Barth, Rahner, and Pannenberg. It addresses the challenges posed by postmodernity to traditional Trinitarian discourse and offers a critical framework for evaluating and applying contemporary Trinitarian thought. The author advocates for understanding the Trinity as a dynamic intersection of theology and various intellectual disciplines, aiming to create a rich and historically informed doctrine.

This volume examines Theodore Abu Qurrah's Christian theology in dialogue with Islam, assessing whether he compromised core Christian doctrines in his Arabic writings for Muslims. It offers a comprehensive analysis of his thoughts on the Trinity and Christology, filling a gap in modern scholarship and benefiting scholars and readers in related fields.

Najeeb Awad aims at defending the personhood of the Holy Spirit by proposing answers to these questions: What is the Holy Spirit in relation to God? Is He a spirit-like presence of a monistic deity; is He merely a charismatic, supernatural power bestowed upon Jesus; or is He rather the third divine person in the Trinity, who is co-influential in and co-constitutive of the Godhead? The author re-examines the validity of both Western and Eastern trinitarian theologies and corrects their reduction of the Spirit either to a mere 'relationship' or 'mode of presence', or to a semi-subordinate hypostasis in a hierarchical divine Godhead that exists by virtue of the Father alone. He argues that viewing the Godhead as a 'reciprocal koinonia' offers a balanced attention to the Spirit's person and actions. He then shows that the claim of the Holy Spirit's particular personhood provides new dimensions for understanding God's unfathomable and mysterious personal being.