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Contents Acknowledgments ix Note on Citations xi Introduction 1 Part I: The Discourse of Theology ONE Doctrinal and Discursive Contexts 15 TWO The Ontological Imperative 51 THREE The Signatures of Deity 87 Part II: The Poetics of Deity FOUR The Theopathetic Deity 127 FIVE The Odium Dei 163 SIX “Our Living Dread” 184 Part III: The Heresies of Godhead SEVEN The Socinian Imperative 213 EIGHT Arianism and Godhead 261 Notes 279 Index 339 ...

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