The Named God and the Question of Being: A Trinitarian Theo-Ontology

In this, the second volume in Stanley Grenz's Matrix of Christian Theology, the widely regarded theologian examines the long-standing trajectory of thought that has equated the concept of Being with the God of the Bible—and thus claimed that the ontological category of Being is the guiding concept by which God should be understood. Grenz extends the engagement between Christian theology and the Western philosophical tradition and focuses the discussion on the importance of naming, particularly given that the Christian God is both named and triune. In doing so, he organizes the book into three parts, forming an overarching story of the interplay between the named character of God and the question of Being. He begins by analyzing the history of the philosophical concept of Being, then he shifts the focus to an exegesis of the "I AM" texts, and he concludes with a renewed conversation between theology and ontological philosophy by means of the divine name.