Mary Ann Fatula, O.P., received her doctorate in systematic theology from The Catholic University of America in 1981. She taught theology at Ohio Dominican College in Columbus for more than 30 years.

• ContentsEditor's Note   9Introduction   11I.  The Triune God and Human Meaning   15A.  Experience of the Triune God as the Heart of Christian Faith   161.  The Foundational Christian Experience of the Triune God in the Paschal Mystery of Jesus   172.  The Christian Community's Experience and Articulation of the Paschal Mystery   183.  Reclaiming Christian Experience of the Triune God Today   20B.  The Triune God: Unbounded Gift-Love at the Heart of Our Human Meaning   211.  The Tri-Personal God: Interpersonal Gift-Love   212.  The Triune God and Our Human Meaning as a Thirst for Gift-Love   23C.  Some Implications of our Trinitarian Faith Today   261.  The Source and Meaning of Jesus' Name for God, "Abba"   262.  The Abba who Frees Us from Patterns of Domination and Calls Us to Mutuality   283.  The Triune God as Source and Pattern for our Relating in Mutuality   31II.  The Paschal Event of Jesus and the Triune God of our History   33A.  The Triune God and Human History   34B.  The Growth of Jesus in His Human Consciousness   35C.  A Life of Unconditional Love   37D.  The Paschal Mystery: the Last Super and Crucifixion   391.  The Last Supper   392.  Crucifixion   41E.  How the Death of Jesus Has Saved Us   43F.  The Paschal Mystery: Resurrection, Ascension, Pentecost   461.  Resurrection and Ascension   462.  Pentecost   49III.  Speaking the Experience: Attempts at Articulation   52A.  The Dignity and Inadequacy of Speaking about God   521.  Our Human Need to Speak of God   522.  Ways of Speaking about God   54B.  Early Christian Articulation of the Triune God   551.  The Christian Experience   552.  Jewish-Christian Thought Categories   583.  A Turning Point: Christian Faith in Greek Categories   594.  The councils of Nicaea and Constantinople   61C.  Patristic Reflection   621.  The Cappadocians   622.  The Council of Chalcedon   643.  Augustine   64D.  Medieval Synthesis: Aquinas' Contribution   651.  The Triune God's Nature as Sheer Existence   662.  Processions and Their Extension to Us in the Missions   683.  The Divine Persons as Sheer Relationships   70E.  Contemporary Christological and Trinitarian Approaches   72IV.  Knowing the Triune God   82A.  Preliminary Considerations   821.  Knowing the divine Persons   822.  Grace and the Missions   843.  Appropriation   85B.  The Cross and Resurrection of Jesus and the Personal Identity of His Abba   87C.  The Cross and Resurrection and the Personal Identity of Jesus   89D.  Pentecost and the Personal Identity of the Spirit   911.  The Mystery of Pentecost   912.  Gift of Love Poured Out Upon the World   933.  Experiencing the Holy Spirit   95E.  The Triune God, Our Home   97V.  The Challenge of Trinitarian Faith Today: Implications for a World Transformed   100A.  Trinitarian Faith Calls Us to Communion and Mutuality   101B.  The Triune God Freeing Us for Personal Autonomy   1021.  The God Who Is With Us   2012.  Security in our Personal Identity   104C.  The Triune God Transforming Our Family Relationships   106D.  The Triune God Transforming our Relationships in the Church   110E.  A Trinitarian Vision and Power to Transforming the World   113F.  The Triune God and Creating a Future Together   115Select Bibliography   119Endnotes   125Index of Subjects   129