Dancing with the Divine
A few years ago (when I was being, what I refer to as, “Moltmannized”), I began to really take a deep interest in the nature of the Trinity. After reading a few of Moltmann's works, I began reading scholars like Colin Gunton, Stanley Grenz, Miroslav Volf, Gordon Fee and Paul Fiddes, among others. All of these authors have, in some way, contributed to or helped me gain a more healthy understanding of the nature and persons of the Triune God. In Trinitarian circles, a word has been revived from the times of the Church Fathers: perichoresis . This term was a type of play on words that evoked the image of a circle-dance. Yet, when the term is used, it is meant, not to focus not on the dancers per se but rather on their interweaving movements. The way to picture it is to think of an old-fashioned hoe down where there are numerous movements between various persons. Thus, when used of the Trinity, the imagery emphasizes the motions or movements, the free-flowing yet rhythmic dance steps ...