Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The significance of the doctrine of the Trinity for theology and Christian life -- Old Testament monotheism and the idea of plurality in God -- The rise of Trinitarian understanding of God in the New Testament -- The emergence of Trinitarian canons in early Christian theology -- The role of Trinitarian doctrine in the developing Christian tradition -- Karl Barth : the uniqueness of the Trinitarian God -- Karl Rahner : the immanent and economic Trinity-- John Zizioulas : Trinity as communion -- J�urgen Moltmann : Trinitarian panentheism -- Wolfhart Pannenberg : Trinity as "public theology" -- The North American context for Trinitarian reflections -- Robert Jenson : Triune identity -- Catherine M. LaCugna : "God for us" -- Elizabeth Johnson : a feminist interpretation of the Triune symbol -- Millard J. Erickson : an "evangelical" doctrine of the Trinity -- S. Mark Heim : a Trinitarian theology of "religious ends" -- Ninian Smart and Steven Konstantine : the divine threefoldness in the Christian neo-transcendentalistic vision of love -- Introduction : Trinitarian reflections in the world context -- The Latin American and Hispanic context for Trinitarian reflections -- Leonardo Boff : Trinity as a society of equals -- Justo L. Gonz�alez : God who is a minority -- The Asian context for Trinitarian reflections -- Jung Young Lee : Trinity as an embrace of yin-yang -- Raimundo Panikkar : a cosmotheandric mystery of the Trinity -- The African context for Trinitarian reflections -- C. Nyamiti : Trinitarian processions as ancestral relationships -- A.O. Ogbonnaya : Trinity as communitarian divinity -- An assessment and agenda.