Jesus Christ in Modern Thought - Softcover

Macquarrie, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0334029104 ISBN 13: 9780334029106

Publisher: SCM Press, 2003

Synopsis

John Macquarrie turns to one of the few areas of Christian theology to which he has not yet devoted systematic attention - that of Christology. After an introductory chapter, the first part considers the main New Testament sources and also the period up to and including 'classical theology.' A second part examines the Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment critique of classical Christology, together with attempts at reconstruction. In the third and final part, John Macquarrie makes his own systematic and constructive Christological statement. The entire work represents a vital and welcome contribution to an area of Christian teaching which has been especially under debate in recent years and in which problems and confusions often abound.

About this title

Synopsis:

Here, following the example of Rahner and Pannenberg, John Macquarrie examines Jesus Christ's humanity to his origin as God. Part one considers the New Testament sources, including the "classical theology" period. Part two examines the Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment critique of classical christology (i.e. studying Jesus Christ as him from above, as opposed to his humanity), while in part three, Macquarrie makes his own christological statement on who Jesus Christ really is for us today.

From the Back Cover:

Where does christology begin? One way of classifying christologies is to divide them into those which begin 'from below', that is to say from the humanity of Jesus Christ, and those which begin 'from above', that is to say, from his origin in God. The classical christology was a christology 'from above.'

About this edition

• Publisher: SCM Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0334029104
• ISBN 13: 9780334029106
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 466