Trinity Without Hierarchy: Reclaiming Nicene Orthodoxy in Evangelical Theology, edited by Michael Bird and Scott Harrower, is a difficult book to review, much less rate or recommend. It's a mix of both introductory and advanced essays -- all of which make a clear contribution to the ongoing conversation about the nature of trinitarian faith in the future of Evangelicalism.
For example, Ian Paul writes a detailed
but accessible chapter on the trinitarian theology of Revelation
(85-107). It's a good introduction, accessible to nearly every reader. While Tyler Wittman's brilliant essay on Thomas Aquinas and the Trinity (141-164) will require far more advanced familiarity with the history of theological thought.
But Trinity Without Hierarchy shouldn't be overlooked. The book is a clear statement on the shortcoming of the subordination of the Son to the Father that's making its way around Evangelical circles. Michael Bird's essay rightly points out that this movement is nothing more than a recycled form of Arianism.
In the final analysis, some essays in this volume are better than others, but on the whole it's an important contribution to the defense of trinitarian orthodoxy.
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I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review here.
