The Trinity and creation in Augustine : an ecological analysis / Scott A. Dunham.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189) and indexes.

The contemporary critique of Augustine -- The forms of eastern and western Trinitarian thought -- Augustine's western form of the Trinity : modalism -- The Trinity and the doctrine of creation : cause and effect -- The scriptural basis of Augustine's Trinitarian doctrine -- Augustine's doctrine of the Trinity -- Subordinationism and the divine missions -- Monarchy, simplicity, and relations of origin : Augustine's Trinitarian logic -- Modalism -- Augustine and hierarchy in the Trinity -- Hierarchy and the Trinitarian relations -- Hierarchy and the divine substance -- The Trinitarian founding of creation -- The structure of The literal meaning of Genesis -- Naming the Trinity in Genesis 1 -- How the Trinity founds the creation -- How the Trinity converts and perfects creatures -- Trinitarian governance and creaturely participation in God -- Participation in Augustine's theology -- God's providential governance and creaturely motion -- Participation in the Trinity through measure, number, and weight -- Formless matter and the question of passivity -- Resting in God, the image of God, and dominion -- Resting in God -- Use and enjoyment -- The work of human dominion and the image of God -- Dominion and power.

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