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Gavin D'Costa's Trinitarian Theology of Religions: An Assessment
Author(s) -
Tan LoeJoo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new blackfriars
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1741-2005
pISSN - 0028-4289
DOI - 10.1111/nbfr.12023
Subject(s) - christology , trinitarian theology , doctrine , conflation , cognitive dissonance , philosophy , ecclesiology , universality (dynamical systems) , theology , epistemology , sociology , religious studies , psychology , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
Gavin D'Costa's writings represent a significant attempt in the current discussion of the theology of religions to utilize the resources of Trinitarian doctrine and address the function of religions in the divine salvific plan. This paper systematically outlines his theology through an interpretive model of particularity/universality to elucidate its structure and highlight his emphases on Christology, Pneumatology and Ecclesiology. I argue that while his system has the considerable merit of a desire to maintain a single economy, there remain several difficulties, including a possible conflation of salvific will and grace, and a dissonance of the proposal of limbo with his system.