The Way of Jesus Christ

by Moltmann, Jurgen

• ISBN13: 9780800628260
• ISBN10: 0800628268
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-10-01
• Publisher: Fortress Pr

Summary

The Way of Jesus Christ discusses the following topics:1. The symbol of the way embodies the aspect of process and brings out christology's alignment towards its goal. This symbol can comprehend Christ's way from his birth in the Spirit and his baptism in the Spirit to his self-surrender on Golgotha. It also makes it possible to understand the path of Christ as the way leading from his resurrection to his parousia?the way he takes in the Spirit to Israel, to the nations, and into the breadth and depth of the cosmos.2. The symbol of the way makes us aware that every human christology is historically conditioned and limited. Every human christology is a 'christology of the way,' not yet a 'christology of the home country,' a christology of faith, not yet a christology of sight. So christology is no more than the beginning of eschatology; and eschatology, as the Christian faith understands it, is always the consummation of christology.3. Finally, but not least important: every way is an invitation. A way is something to be followed.

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Translator's Note
The Messianic Perspective	p. 1
The Genesis of the Messianic Hope	p. 5
The Growth of the Messianic Figure	p. 8
Messianic Categories	p. 21
Christology in Jewish-Christian Dialogue	p. 28
Trends and Transmutations in Christology	p. 38
The Identity of Christology and Its Relevance	p. 38
The Theme and Scheme of Cosmological Christology	p. 46
The Theme and Scheme of Anthropological Christology	p. 55
Christology in the Contradictions of Scientific and Technological Civilization	p. 63
The Messianic Mission of Christ	p. 73
Spirit Christology	p. 73
Christ's Birth in the Spirit	p. 78
Christ's Baptism in the Spirit	p. 87
The Gospel of the Kingdom of God to the Poor	p. 94
The Healing of the Sick - the Expulsion of Demons	p. 104
The Acceptance of the Outcasts - the Raising Up of the Humiliated	p. 112
The Messianic Way of Life	p. 116
Jesus - The Messianic Person in His Becoming	p. 136
The Apocalyptic Sufferings of Christ	p. 151
The Apocalyptic Horizon of World History	p. 151
The Human Sufferings of Christ: What Death Did Jesus Die?	p. 160
The Divine Sufferings of Christ: Where is God?	p. 170
Righteousness from the Sufferings of Christ: Why Did Christ Die?	p. 181
The Fellowship of Christ's Sufferings: Martyrology Today	p. 196
The Remembrance of Christ's Sufferings	p. 204
The Eschatological Resurrection of Christ	p. 213
The Genesis and Unique Character of the Christian Faith in the Resurrection	p. 215
History and the Resurrection of Christ: the Theological Problem	p. 227
The Resurrection of Christ and History: the Historical Problem	p. 234
Nature and the Resurrection of Christ: the Theological Problem	p. 246
The Resurrection of Christ and Nature: the Natural Problem	p. 252
Becoming Alive in the Spirit of the Resurrection: the Uniting of What has been Separated	p. 263
The Cosmic Christ	p. 274
'The Greater Christ'	p. 274
Christ - the Ground of Creation	p. 287
Christ - Evolution's Driving Force or Its Victim?	p. 292
Christ - the Redeemer of Evolution	p. 301
The Community of Creation is a Community based on Law	p. 305
The Parousia of Christ	p. 313
A Little Apologia for the Expectation of the Parousia	p. 313
'The Coming One'	p. 321
'The Day of the Lord'	p. 326
'From thence he shall come ...': the Category of Heaven	p. 331
'... to judge both the quick and the dead'	p. 334
Expectant Creativity: the Expectation of the Parousia and Affirmed Embodiment	p. 338
Notes	p. 342
Index of Names	p. 383
Index of Confessions Creeds and Other Documents	p. 388
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