TY - BOOK AU - Powell,Samuel M. TI - Participating in God: creation and Trinity SN - 0800636023 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BT695 .P69 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Minneapolis PB - Fortress Press KW - Creation KW - Trinity N1 - Introduction to the doctrine of creation in its historical development -- The rule of faith : the development of the regulative dimension of the doctrine of creation -- Understanding the faith : the hermeneutical dimension of the doctrine of creation in its historical development -- The development of the idea of creatures' participation in the Trinitarian life of God -- Understanding the world in a Trinitarian way : persistence and change in time -- Understanding the world in a Trinitarian way : generic identity and individualizing difference -- Understanding the world in a Trinitarian way : part-whole relations -- Understanding the world in a Trinitarian way: the relatedness of all things -- Practicing the faith : the ethical dimension of the doctrine of creation in its historical development -- The ethical dimension of the doctrine of creation today -- Conclusion concluding mystical postscript ER -