ABSTRACT
One of the major events in twentieth-century theology was the new interest in Trinitarian themes. The mainstream of nineteenth-century Protestant theology had criticized the doctrine of the Trinity for being tied to Hellenistic ontology and therefore deviating from authentic, original Christianity. Especially after Immanuel Kant, skepticism about theological ontology increased dramatically. The general spirit of the post-Enlightenment era was to interpret religion increasingly from the viewpoint of the human person and experience. The whole Trinitarian endeavor seemed, to borrow Colin Gunton’s blunt statement: “a matter of mathematical conundrums and illogical attempts to square the circle.”
