A Trinitarian Doctrine of Creation?

Abstract

"Has Barth successfully employed the doctrine of the Trinity in his doctrine of creation? Herbert Hartwell has written that in Barth’s doctrine of creation, creation is “intrinsically trinitarian in its ontology.”1 Barth affirms that the identity of the Creator is the triune God. Nevertheless, one critique of Barth’s doctrine of creation concerns his trinitarian approach, or lack thereof, with respect to the doctrine of creation. This assessment comes primarily from Salai Hla Aung. While Aung praises Barth for taking a trinitarian approach to the doctrine of creation and for somewhat considering the social sense of the Trinity, Aung, nevertheless, finds Barth’s trinitarian application inconsistent"