podcast 28 – Interview with Dr. William Hasker about his Metaphysics and the Tripersonal God – Part 2

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The conversation continues, as we get into to the specifics of Dr. Hasker’s “social” Trinity theory.

Dr. Hasker answers many questions, including:

• How is it that these three divine selves are one God, and not three?
• What is “perichoresis”?
• What does it mean to say that their actions respecting the cosmos are “undivided”?
• What role does the contemporary metaphysical concept of “constitution” play in the theory?
• Can a trinitarian convince a Jewish or Muslim theologian that the Trinity really is self-consistently monotheistic?
• In the New Testament, isn’t the one God the Father, rather than the Trinity?

You can also listen to this episode on youtube.

Some links for this episode:

• Metaphysics and the Tripersonal God
• Bill Hasker’s home page at Huntington University.
• The Brower-Rea Constitution approach to the Trinity. (And my critique.)
• Christian metaphysician Lynne Rudder Baker – much of her work has concerned the constitution relation.
• A published paper where I urge monotheism objections against Hasker’s pre-book articles. (And Hasker’s reply. And some similar objections by Michael C. Rea.)