Colin Gunton

There are theologians and then there are theologians like Colin Gunton. His work on the doctrine of the Trinity and doctrine of Creation have helped people understand and grasp their meaning and importance. Colin was one of a group of theologians who helped reestablish theology on a trinitarian basis and do theology from trinitarian perspective. In short, he took the doctrine of the trinity seriously.

Colin E. Gunton was Professor of Christian Doctrine at King's College London from 1984 until his sudden death in 2003.

This is the first in a series of entries of Colin's work which I'm planning. I hope to explore some of his major themes and writings.

Major Works

Becoming and Being: The Doctrine of God in Charles Hartshorne and Karl Barth (1978, 2nd Ed. 2001)
Yesterday and Today: A Study of Continuities in Christology (1983, 2nd Ed. 1997)
Enlightenment and Alienation: An Essay Towards a Trinitarian Theology (1985)
Actuality of Atonement: A Study of Metaphor, Rationality and the Christian Tradition (1988)
The Promise of Trinitarian Theology (1991, 2nd Ed. 1997)
Christ and Creation (1992)
The One, the Three and the Many: God, Creation and the Culture of Modernity (1993)
A Brief Theology of Revelation (1995)
Theology Through the Theologians (1996)
The Triune Creator: A Historical and Systematic Study (1998)
Intellect and Action (2000)
Theology Through Preaching (2001)
The Christian Faith: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine (2002)
Act and Being: Toward A Theology of the Divine Attributes (2002)
Father, Son and Holy Spirit: Toward A Fully Trinitarian Theology (2003)

Read an obituary by Steve Holmes, one of his past PhD students and also a lecturer at KCL himself.

Comments

[Bill Clifton]

I ran across this post when I googled Colin Gunton. I'm a newcomer to Gunton's thought, having been spurred to it by Ken Myers of Mars Hill Audio (marshillaudio.org - if you're not familiar with, I highly recommend it). Glancing over the blogs you read, I failed to see the Gunton Research Discussion Group listed. You may already know of it, but if not, I think you'll find it of great interest: http://guntonresearch.blogspot.com/