Studies on Triadic Ontology and Trinitarian Philosophy Launches with Fresh Perspectives on the Trinity
At a time when philosophy is increasingly revisiting metaphysical questions, the new series Studies on Triadic Ontology and Trinitarian Philosophy is a groundbreaking initiative. Edited by an international team led by Prof. Dr. Markus Enders, Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Falque, Prof. Dr. John Milbank, Prof. Dr. Piero Coda, Ass.-Prof. Dr. Paweł Rojek, Dr. Mátyás Szalay and Prof. Ĺubomír Žák, the series explores questions of the Trinity and triadic thought that go beyond traditional metaphysical approaches. Maria Saam, editor at Verlag Karl Alber, put questions to the editors to explore the vision of the new publication and how it aims to bridge gaps between continental and analytic perspectives.
May I ask you to introduce the series “Studies on Triadic Ontology and Trinitarian Philosophy” very briefly?
„This series welcomes volumes from the philosophical disciplines of ontology or metaphysics, phenomenology, philosophical anthropology, philosophical aesthetics and philosophical theology, as well as from systematic theology, which deal explicitly with triadic or trinitarian speculations. These include ‚Triadic Ontology‘ or ‚Triadic Metaphysics‘, ‚Triadic Phenomenology‘, ‚Analogia Trinitatis‘, ‚Trinitarian Logic‘, (Trinitarian) ‚Sophiology‘, ‚Theology of the (Divine) Trinity‘, ‚Trinitarian Theology‘ and ‚Trinitarian Aesthetics‘. Furthermore, contributions from ‚Relational Ontology‘ as well as the metaphysics and phenomenology of gift, love, music and childhood etc. can also be included, provided that the subject areas of the latter disciplines are determined by triadic basic structures.“
The current return to metaphysics in theology and philosophy is not without controversy. Especially „analytic“ has become a contested buzzword. What positions does the series want to bring into this discussion?
„Although this new publication series favours a triadic ontology and metaphysics in the field of the so-called „Continental philosophy“, it is in principle also open to triadic ontologies and metaphysics in the field of „analytic philosophy“ or “analytic theology”. In this way, it wants to contribute to an overcoming of the unfruitful controversy between „analytic“ and „continental“ philosophy/theology.“
Seven researchers from six countries have joined together in the editorial board. What opportunities arise from this internationality? Are the discourses on the topic similar in the various countries or are there significant differences?
„The international composition of the editorial board is intended to document the diversity of the different existing approaches to the fundamental thematic orientation of this new publication series.
In the various countries represented by the editors, there are both some basic commonalities but also some national peculiarities in the implementation of the thematic focus of this publication series, which can and should be reflected in this series.“
What volumes are planned? What other related topics will be touched upon?
„There are already two volumes that have been submitted for the inauguration of this series and will be reviewed by the editorial board for their suitability for this series as soon as possible.“
