We share our transdisciplinary research in the form of articles in journals, chapters in monographs, and books. We also participate in international publishing projects such as the series Studies on Triadic Ontology and Trinitarian Philosophy (Nomos/Verlag Karl Alber) and Dizionario Dinamico di Ontologia Trinitaria.
Publications
To Live and Think in the Trinity. Trinitarian Ontology
Author of the publication:
Piero Coda, edited by Cyril Dunaj
Type of the publication:
Book
Description:
Trinitarian ontology views being from the perspective of the Trinity, and through Jesus, it draws us into its mystery. From a Christian standpoint, this is an event made possible by Jesus. However, it does not only affect our lives, but also our way of thinking. The Italian theologian Piero Coda invites us not only to live, but also to think in the manner of the Trinity.
The book is an invitation to open up to or deepen one’s philosophical-theological understanding, and it is also a challenge to apply these insights in everyday life.
Trinitarian Ontologies: Towards a Trinitarian Transformation of Philosophy
Author of the publication:
Eduard Fiedler, Pavel Frývaldský
Type of the publication:
Book
Description:
This volume gathers contributions from the 2021 New Trinitarian Ontologies Panel in Münster and the 2023 Persons from the Trinity Conference in Prague. The first section introduces Trinitarian ontology as a novel approach bridging the analytical and continental divide. The second section demonstrates that it is genealogically rooted in the theological transformation of philosophy during late antiquity and medieval philosophy. The third section connects these traditions with the 20th century project of Trinitarian ontology, asking what is new about Trinitarian ontology. Finally, the fourth section focuses on the anthropological and political contexts in which the Trinitarian transformation of philosophy is taking place today.
The Self-Giving of Christ: Christological Grounding of Klaus Hemmerle's Trinitarian Ontology
Author of the publication:
Eduard Fiedler
Type of the publication:
Book
Description:
How are we to understand the meaning of the created gift of being if its divine giver is God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit? How does our understanding of reality change if its meaning is Trinitarian self-giving? The Czech monograph “The Self-Giving of Christ: A Christological Fundament of Klaus Hemmerle’s Trinitarian Ontology” approaches these questions from a Christological perspective in relation to the entire theological and philosophical work of Klaus Hemmerle. The practical following of Jesus Christ brings us to the mystery of his both creatural and divine self-giving. By radically mediating the utmost reality of God’s interpersonal love, Christ’s self-giving becomes the starting point for a renewed understanding of being in Christian ontology or metaphysics. The author therefore first explores various historical forms of the relationship between Christology and metaphysics. Against this background, he identifies the specific significance of Klaus Hemmerle’s work, emphasizing its connection to Hemmerle’s Christian life and ministry. The systematic reconstruction of the Christological fundament of Klaus Hemmerle’s Trinitarian ontology then points to Christian metaphysics as a metaphysics of suffering and love, which opens up in a horizon of being defined on the one hand by the abysmal “why” of all suffering, and on the other by the abysmal and extreme love that takes this suffering upon itself. Thus, a meaningful metaphysical reflection, beginning at once in wondering joy at the nearness of the Word and in shaken compassion at the suffering of the Flesh, must be a systematic integration of these two mysteries. The proper place of this integration is the life of man. A true metaphysical reflection only makes explicit and clarifies what is essentially taking place in the patient daily life and thought of ordinary people.