ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses three postliberal theologians: all are trinitarians, yet with different emphases on the unity of God and Trinity of Persons. Although postliberals are often identified with Karl Barth's theology, two of our exemplars are deeply influenced by Thomas Aquinas. They all distance themselves, explicitly or implicitly, from the strong revisions in the doctrine of God proposed by process theism, although one less so than the others. One consistently uses the traditional threefold name, "Father, Son and Holy Spirit", although all three would agree that God as Creator transcends gender categories. All share a concern for how Christian testimony to God as Trinity engages religious pluralism, especially in relation to Jewish and Islamic testimony and reflection. All bring Scripture and Christian reflection into conversation with philosophy. In the past, those who defined common ground were usually western scholars committed to modern philosophy, science, and the liberal political tradition.
