Speaking Again of the Trinity

Abstract

This essay argues, with Catherine M. LaCugna and others, that affirming that God is divine being-in-communion, the Three-in-One in whom power is equally shared, and in whom unity and difference wholly coincide has thoroughly practical consequences for congregational life. Dominant cultural models from outside the church that too often structure patterns of power and influence within the ecclesial community can be challenged, and a fresh theological basis for sustained theological and cultural pluralism in congregational life can be affirmed.