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Alan Spence, théologien

Spence, Alan J.

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bloomsbury T & T Clark

T&T Clark; Bloomsbury

Taylor & Francis Ltd

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Cassell

Guides for the perplexed, London, New York, England, 2008

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Guides for the Perplexed, 1, 2008

Guides for the Perplexed, 2015

Bloomsbury UK, London, 2013

1, London, 2008

London, 2015

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-170) and index.

Cover 1
Half-title 3
Title 5
Copyright 6
Dedication 7
Contents 9
List of Abbreviations 10
Preface 11
CLASSICAL CHRISTOLOGY 13
1. The Paradox 15
QUESTIONS ABOUT JESUS 15
THE TASK OF CHRISTOLOGY 18
AVOIDING THE ISSUE 20
CONCLUSION 25
2. Incarnation 26
EARLY CHRISTIAN REFLECTION ON JESUS 26
IRENAEUS AND THE GNOSTICS 29
INCARNATION AS A MASTER-STORY 32
THE PRE-EXISTENT WORD 33
DOES GOD CHANGE? 34
CONCLUSION 36
3. Athanasius and the Arians 38
AN ARIAN ACCOUNT OF SALVATION 39
JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT 41
THE WILL OF GOD 43
THE PRE-EXISTENT CHRIST 45
AN ONTOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIP 46
CONCLUSION 48
4. The Human Mind of the Word of God 49
APOLLINARIUS (c. 310–c. 390) 50
ALEXANDRIANS AND ANTIOCHENES 54
NESTORIUS (d.c. 451) 57
THE DEFINITION OF CHALCEDON 59
CONCLUSION 60
5. Divine and Human Willing in Christ 62
THE MONOPHYSITES 64
MONOTHELITISM 66
YOUR WILL BE DONE 68
THE SUBJECT OF THE TWO NATURES IN CHRIST 70
CONCLUSION 71
6. Jesus and the Spirit 74
THE BIBLICAL TESTIMONY 75
IRENAEUS AND THEODORE 77
A FRESH FOCUS ON PNEUMATOLOGY 80
THE CHRISTOLOGY OF JOHN OWEN 82
CONCLUSION 84
MODERN CHRISTOLOGY 87
7. The Socinian Challenge to Nicea 89
THE REFORMATION 89
THE RACOVIAN CATECHISM 91
CONCLUSION 100
8. In Search of the Historical Jesus 102
REIMARUS’ LIFE OF JESUS 102
HISTORICAL METHOD 105
THE ESCHATOLOGICAL JESUS OF ALBERT SCHWEITZER 107
THE NATURE OF THE QUESTIONS POSED 112
CONCLUSION 113
9. A Theology of Religious Experience 115
FRIEDRICH SCHLEIERMACHER (1768–1834) 116
SCHLEIERMACHER’S CHRISTOLOGY 118
P. T. FORSYTH (1848–1921) 120
FORSYTH AND THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST 121
FORSYTH’S CHRISTOLOGY 123
CONCLUSION 125
10. The Christ of Faith and the Jesus of History 127
MARTIN KÄHLER (1835–1912) 127
KÄHLER’S CHRISTOLOGY 131
RUDOLPH BULTMANN (1884–1976) 133
DIVINE AND HUMAN REALITY 137
CONCLUSION 138
11. The Doctrine of the Word of God 140
KARL BARTH (1886–1968) 140
REVELATION 141
THE WORD OF GOD 143
THE INCARNATION 146
JESUS CHRIST AS THE REVEALER OF GOD 148
CONCLUSION 149
12. Resurrection as Revelation 152
WOLFHART PANNENBERG (b. 1928) 152
CHRISTOLOGY FROM BELOW 152
REVELATION AS RESURRECTION 154
THE DIVINITY OF JESUS AS RESURRECTION 156
THE RELATION OF THE DIVINE AND HUMAN IN THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF JESUS 158
CONCLUSION 160
CONCLUSION 163
13. An Ecumenical Christology 165
A GENEROUS ORTHODOXY 166
AN EPISTEMOLOGY OF THE DIVINITY OF JESUS 167
A DEFENCE OF THE FULL HUMANITY OF JESUS 168
AN AFFIRMATION OF BOTH THE DIVINE AND HUMAN IN JESUS 170
AN INTEGRATED PERSONALITY 171
A DOCTRINE OF INCARNATION 172
CONCLUSION 174
Notes 175
Selected Bibliography 179
Index 183

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Today Christology is of concern to both New Testament scholars and theologians alike and continues to provoke debate within the Church. <i>Christology: A Guide for the Perplexed</i> examines the key debates and defining moments in the early Church and the Reformation. After a brief introduction providing a basic definition of Christology, this historical background provides an essential foundation on which to outline later developments in Christology. Alan Spence then considers the Quest for the Historical Jesus, the work of the major theologians in this area including Barth and Schleiermacher, and from the present day, N.T. Wright and Pannenberg, and explores the contemporary arguments within the field of Christology.

Christology, the study of the nature and person of Christ, caused the first major schism with the Christian church. This guide provides a basic definition of Christology and examines the key debates and defining moments in the early Church and the Reformation.

2015-05-30