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Pannenberg's Systematic Theology: Chapter Analysis

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In terms of the overall structure of Pannenberg’s Systematic Theology, the transition from Chapter 4 on Revelation to the topic of the Trinitarian God in Chapter 5 also represents a change in methodology. Pannenberg has so far offered a cumulative case for divine reality by testing various hypotheses to the fact, demonstrating thereby the anthropological and theological importance of religion. He explains the topic of the Trinitarian God in Chapter 5, however, with primary attention to the explanation of God’s self-revelation in Jesus Christ. This methodological transition is not surprising when we consider Pannenberg’s earlier statement that distinctly Christian truth-claims are not acceptable by mere assertion (they are widely contested
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