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Incarnation, Resurrection and the Doctrine of the Trinity: A Comparison of Thomas F. Torrance and Roger Haight
Author(s) -
Molnar Paul D.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of systematic theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1468-2400
pISSN - 1463-1652
DOI - 10.1111/1463-1652.00101
Subject(s) - incarnation , soteriology , philosophy , christology , doctrine , theology , meaning (existential) , epistemology
By comparing the thought of T.F. Torrance and Roger Haight, this article shows that whenever the starting‐point for interpreting the resurrection is not Jesus himself as the incarnate Word, then Christology and soteriology are undermined because of a faulty understanding of the Trinity, with the result that salvation is equated with the human religious quest for meaning. Because the incarnation and resurrection are intimately connected, this article suggests that any docetic view of the one will lead to a docetic view of the other. And this has soteriological implications: if Jesus is not seen as the only Savior, then we must somehow save ourselves.