If you're new to the work of Colin Gunton, where should you start? To be honest the majority, if not all, of Gunton's work is very readable and accessible. I think one of the strengths of Gunton's theology is that he writes so well. (There are some if not many theologians, where it can be a real struggle to digest a parpagraph let alone a book!) But if I had to suggest a place to begin it would be with either The Christian Faith, his short account of Christian doctrine, or The Triune Creator. The Triune Creator, which can be pretty hard to find a copy, is a good place to begin, because it introduces you to some major themes of Gunton's theology - the doctrine of the Trinity and the doctrine of creation - through a historical and systematic study. The Triune Creator is based on the doctrine of creation course he taught for many years at King's.
The next level up is with the collections of essays on the doctrine of the Trinity: The Promise of Trinitarian Theology and Father, Son & Holy Spirit and also his small book Christ and Creation. Most of the essays here are not too difficult to access, especially in Father, Son & Holy Spirit. Gunton on the Trinity is the man at his very best.
Gunton's more 'difficult' work appears in The One, the Three and the Many, A Brief Theology of Revelation, The Actuality of Atonement and Yesterday and Today. The first three are especially excellent and represent Gunton's skill at doing theology from a trinitarian perspective. His other books Theology through the Theologians and Intellect and Action are collections of essays which largely suppport the other monographs already mentioned. Being and Becoming and Act and Being are books which discuss different aspects of the doctrine of God. The former written at the beginning of his career and the latter near the end. There is also Enlightenment and Alienation, which is very difficult to get a hold of, which is a precusor to Gunton's later more fully trinitarian theology (its subtitled, an essay towards a trinitarian theology).
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