Part I: Situating Johannes Von Hofmann - Hofmann's life and work, Basic interpretations of Hofman's theology
Part II: Hofmann's theological method - The object of theology, The problem of theological method in the modern world, The object of theology, The epistemology of theology, The method of theology, Theological hermeneutics - Scripture as witness to the Christian Tatbestand, The Lutheran confessions as witness to the Christian Tatbestand, Hofmann and German idealism, Ranke and Hofmann, Hegel and Hofmann, Schelling and Hofmann, Evaluation and criticism of Hofmann's method, Positive features of Hofmann's theological method, Negative features of Hofmann's method
Part III: Hofmann's doctrine of God - The renewal of trinitarian theology, Hofmann's way to knowledge of God, The eternal trinity is the historical trinity, Trinitarian historically and the world of becoming, The beginning of creation and the beginning of history, The coming-into-being of the human being, Evil and sin, The unity of history in the new human being: Christ as beginning, center, and end of history, God's eternal will of love and God's historical wrath, A new way to teach old truth: Trinitarian Kenosis, The theological context for Hofmann's trinitarian Kenosis, The self-giving God: Trinitarian Kenosis and atonement, The atonement controversy, The future of humanity: the church in the world, The mediation of faith, hope and love, The goal of word and sacraments: Christian faith and rebirth, Christian hope, Christian obedience and love, The future of God: Heilsgeschichte and Weltgeschichte, Kirchengeschichte and Heilsgeschichte, The eschatological orientation of Weltgeschichte, evaluation and criticism of Hofmann's doctrine of God, Trinitarian historicality, Kenosis and atonement, history and eschatology