ABSTRACT
The language of "new covenant" has been a hot spot for Christian-Jewish controversy, and it has long served as a biblical grounding for supersessionism. Catherine Mowry LaCugna locates the heart of God's trinitarian identity in the fundamental story of Scripture. "The basic faith of Christians," she tells us, is that "in Jesus Christ, the ineffable and invisible God saves us from sin and death; by the power of the Holy Spirit, God continues to be altogether present to us, seeking everlasting communion with all creatures." Insofar as contemporary trinitarian reflection has sought to bring together this standard narrative of God's economy with God's eternal being, it remains grounded in a supersessionistic posture toward Israel. The reemergence of trinitarian theology as a practical doctrine of the church needs to take its place alongside the end of Christendom and a renewed theology of Israel as a third element to be woven into a fresh description of the church's life and story.
