The God of the groups

I argue that Social Trinitarians can and should conceive of God as a group person. They can by drawing on recent theories of group agency realism that show how groups can be not just agents but persons distinct from their members - albeit, I argue, persons of a different kind. They should because th...

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Published in:Religious studies
Main Author: McIntosh, Chad A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2016]
In: Religious studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Trinity
RelBib Classification:NBC Doctrine of God
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Summary:I argue that Social Trinitarians can and should conceive of God as a group person. They can by drawing on recent theories of group agency realism that show how groups can be not just agents but persons distinct from their members - albeit, I argue, persons of a different kind. They should because the resultant novel view of the Trinity - that God is three ‘intrinsicist' persons in one ‘functional' person - is theologically sound, effectively counters the most trenchant criticisms of Social Trinitarianism, and enjoys independent theological support from the biblical notion of ‘corporate personality'.
ISSN:1469-901X
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0034412515000025