Christology : a biblical, historical, and systematic study of Jesus Christ

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Christology : a biblical, historical, and systematic study of Jesus Christ

Gerald O'Collins

Oxford University Press, 1995

  • pbk. : alk. paper

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Bibliography: p. [325]-326

Includes index

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ISBN 9780198755012

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2000 years after Jesus' birth, this book provides a re-assessment of who he was and what he did. How could Jesus be a man and yet divine? Sinless and yet exercise free human will? What about Jesus' relationship to non-Christians? Can his maleness be reconciled to the just demands of feminism? These are just some of the issues tackled by this book.
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pbk. : alk. paper ISBN 9780198755029

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Recent years have seen the publication of various sensationalist books on Jesus that are supported neither by the New Testament witness nor by mainline Christian beliefs. This book critically examines the best biblical and historical scholarship before tackling head on some of the key questions of systematic christology: does orthodox faith present Jesus the man as deficient and depersonalized? Is his sinlessness compatible with the exercise of a free human will? Does up-to-date exegesis challenge his virginal conception and personal resurrection? Can one reconcile Jesus' role as universal Saviour with the truth and values to be found in other religions? What should the feminist movement highlight in presenting Jesus? This integral christology is built around the reurrection of the crucified Jesus, highlights love as the key to redemption, and proposes a synthesis of the divine presence through Jesus. Clear, balanced, and accessible, this book should by valued by any student reading systematic theology, anyone training for the ministry in all denominations, as well as interested general readers.

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