Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. The Debate -- ch. 1. God's triunity and self-determination : a conversation with Karl Barth, Bruce McCormack, and Paul Molnar / Kevin W. Hector -- ch. 2. The Trinity, election, and God's ontological freedom : a response to Kevin W. Hector / Paul D. Molnar -- ch. 3. Can the electing God be God without us? : some implications of Bruce McCormack's understanding of Barth's doctrine of election for the doctrine of the Trinity / Paul D. Molnar -- ch. 4. Election and the Trinity : twenty-five theses on the theology of Karl Barth / George Hunsinger -- ch. 5. Election and the Trinity : theses in response to George Hunsinger / Bruce L. McCormack -- ch. 6. Obedience, Trinity, and election : thinking with and beyond the Church Dogmatics / Paul Dafydd Jones -- ch. 7. Barth and the election-Trinity debate : a pneumatological view / Paul T. Nimmo -- ch. 8. "A specific form of relationship" : on the dogmatic implications of Barth's account of election and commandment for his theological ethics / Christopher Holmes -- ch. 9. God's self-specification : his being is his electing / Aaron T. Smith -- Part II. Roman Catholic Perspectives -- ch. 10. Karl Barth, German-language theology, and the Catholic tradition / Nicholas M. Healy -- ch. 11. Christ, the Trinity, and predestination : McCormack and Aquinas / Matthew Levering -- Part III. Implications for Ethics Today -- ch. 12. The gospel of true prosperity : our best life in the triune God now and not yet / Paul Louis Metzger.