Christology and Science

by Shults, F. LeRon

• ISBN13: 9780802862488
• ISBN10: 0802862489
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-09
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

F. LeRon Shults here breaks new ground by explicitly bringing specific themes of Christology - Incarnation, Atonement, and Parousia - into dialogue with contemporary science - evolutionary biology, cultural anthropology, and physical cosmology. Shults skillfully summarizes some of the popular constructive responses to these developments, offering a unique organization around three concrete case studies. After clarifying the way in which Christian understandings of God and of humanity shape the task of reforming Christology, each chapter concludes with a programmatic outline of ways in which we might articulate the identity, agency, and presence of Jesus Christ in dialogue with late modern science and culture.

Author Biography

F. LeRon Shults is professor of systematic theology at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Reforming Christology	p. 1
Jesus Christ and the Philosophy of Science	p. 4
Philosophy and the Science of Jesus Christ	p. 11
Science and the Philosophy of Jesus Christ	p. 15
Incarnation and Evolutionary Biology	p. 21
A Shared Interest in Knowing	p. 21
Philosophical Challenges	p. 24
Sameness and Difference	p. 24
Body and Soul	p. 31
Origin and Goal	p. 38
Interdisciplinary Opportunities	p. 44
Arthur Peacocke	p. 44
Denis Edwards	p. 47
Other Proposals	p. 52
The Identity of Jesus Christ	p. 56
Atonement and Cultural Anthropology	p. 63
A Shared Interest in Acting	p. 64
Philosophical Challenges	p. 66
Particular and Universal	p. 67
Law and Order	p. 74
Us and Them	p. 81
Interdisciplinary Opportunities	p. 88
Rene Girard	p. 88
Delores Williams	p. 93
Other Proposals	p. 97
The Agency of Jesus Christ	p. 101
Parousia and Physical Cosmology	p. 109
A Shared Interest in Being	p. 110
Philosophical Challenges	p. 112
Space and Time	p. 113
Cause and Effect	p. 119
Matter and Spirit	p. 125
Interdisciplinary Opportunities	p. 131
Thomas Torrance	p. 131
Robert Russell	p. 134
Other Proposals	p. 140
The Presence of Jesus Christ	p. 144
Epilogue	p. 151
References	p. 155
Index	p. 169
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