Christology A Global Introduction

Name: Christology A Global Introduction
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ISBN: 9780801026218

ISBN-10: 0801026210

ISBN-13: 9780801026218

Edition: 2003

Authors: Veli-Matti Kï¿½rkkï¿½inen, Veli-Matti KÃ¤rkkÃ¤inen

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With Christology, Veli-Matti Karkkainen provides an up-to-date, comprehensive introduction to the topic in which voices from around the globe are heard. He offers three main perspectives on Christology (biblical, historical, and contemporary) and attempts to combine classical and contextual work done in Christology over the course of church history.Karkkainen compares and contrasts how the Gospel writers and the apostle Paul understood the person and work of Jesus Christ. He then focuses on the christological discussions that took place in the early church and the ways in which scholars have attempted to understand Jesus. The heart of Christology is an extended discussion of ten major…

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List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Baker Academic
Publication date: 7/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Christ in the Bible



The Many Faces of Christ in the Bible



Christ in the Gospels



Pauline Christology



Christ in History



Early Christological Disputes



From the Council of Nicea (325) to Chalcedon (451)



Subsequent Developments



A New Christological Style



The Beginning of the Quest of the Historical Jesus



The Liberal Picture of Christ



The Collapse of the Original Quest



Christ in the Contemporary World: Western Christologies



Karl Barth: Dialectical Christology



Rudolf Bultmann: Mythological Christology



Paul Tillich: Existentialist Christology



John Zizioulas: Communion Christology



Karl Rahner: Transcendental Christology



Jurgen Moltmann: Messianic Christology



Wolfhart Pannenberg: Universal Christology



Norman Kraus: Disciples' Christology



Stanley Grenz: Evangelical Christology



John Hick: Universalist Christology



Christ in the Contemporary World: Contextual Christologies



Process Christology



Feminist Christology



Black Christology



Postmodern Christology



Christology in Latin America: Search for Freedom



Jon Sobrino: Christ as Liberator



Christology in Africa: Search for Power



Benezet Bujo: Christ as Ancestor



Christology in Asia: Search for Meaning



Stanley Samartha: Christ as Universal Savior


Epilogue: The Future of Christology


Subject Index


Scripture Index