Times of the Trinity

The Author: Duane H. Larson is an assistant professor of Systematic Theology at Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary. He received his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, and has written several articles on contemporary theologies of the Trinity. Duane Larson is a winner of the 1995 Templeton Prize for Courses in Science and Religion, as well as a winner of the 1994 John Templeton Foundation «Call for Papers in Humility Theology.»

"'Times of the Trinity' brings together the rich heritage of the church's understanding of eternity, as reinterpreted by the øtwentieth! century's renewed doctrine of the Trinity, and the contemporary array of discussions about time in physics and cosmology into a creative and compelling new proposal. In doing so, Larson makes a brilliant contribution to one of the leading edges of current theology in its scholarly and thoroughgoing engagement with science." (Robert John Russell, Professor and Director of the Center for Theology and Natural Science, Berkeley)
"Duane Larson wants to help us all reappropriate the classical Christian doctrine of the Trinity in a theologically coherent and intellectually fruitful way. A proper understanding of the Trinity will help us to answer another pesky question: how can an 'external' God relate to a 'temporal' world? To understand this question we need to understand the concept of time in twentieth century physics; and so Larson leads us through relativity and quantum theory. He rightly says that good science in its own right is to be celebrated. This book is a major contribution to the theology-science dialogue, and it shows how the doctrine of the Trinity can be conceptually meaningful in a scientific age." (Ted Peters, Professor of Systematic Theology, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union)
"This book will be of particular interest for those who think that theology must utilize ideas and concepts from the natural sciences, and who believe that trinitarian thought is central to systematic theology. It is well written, and provides substantial notes and references." (Ned Wisnefske, Dialog)