The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages Book

Last fall, I read a number of philosophical-theological books on the Trinity. This book was one of them. McCall is a philosophically-minded systematic theologian. He writes clearly and has a good grasp of the issues. The first part of the book covered recent discussions of the Trinity in philosophical theology. Two basic views of the Trinity are often discussed by philosophers of religion. There is Social Trinitarianism, which places greater emphasis on the Trinity's "threeness." And there is Anti-Social Trinitarianism, sometimes called Latin Trinitarianism, which places greater emphasis on the Trinity's "oneness." Like all orthodox Christians, McCall states that we must avoid tritheism (or polytheism), modalism, and the ontological subordination of the Son. I think I appreciated this part of the book most, because it was a fairly clear summary of recent discussions of the Trinity.

The second part of the book examines some interesting, unorthodox, and bizarre Trinitarian doctrine from theologians such as Robert Jenson, Jurgen Moltmann, and John Zizioulas, as well as those who advocate for the eternal functional subordination of the Son.

Those who want to learn more about Trinitarian theology than what is presented in standard systematic theologies might want to read this book.