The Trinity: What It Is and Why It Matters
The Candler Foundry
COURSE INFORMATION
Course Dates: Mondays, Oct. 26 - Nov. 16, 2026
Course Time: 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM ET (Online)
Course Description
Christians teach that there is only one God. They also teach that this one God subsists as three persons – a Trinity. To critics this seems downright self-contradictory. And even defenders must concede that the word "Trinity" is not biblical, and that the doctrine was not defined until centuries after the death of Jesus.
So why do Christians teach it? This course will answer that question.
Questions? Email us at candlerfoundry@emory.edu.
Meet the Instructor
Dr. Ian McFarland
Dr. Ian A. McFarland returned to Candler in 2019 after four years serving as Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. Prior to that, he was on the faculty at Candler from 2005–2015, where he was the inaugural holder of the Bishop Mack B. and Rose Stokes Chair of Theology and served as associate dean of faculty and academic affairs. Read more here.
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