Who Is Jesus Christ for Us Today?

by Schuele, Andreas

• ISBN13: 9780664233396
• ISBN10: 0664233392
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-02
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

In this cutting-edge collection of essays, an extraordinary and diverse group of biblical scholars, theologians, and ethicists from around the world offer perspectives on topics such as the New Testament portraits of Jesus of Nazareth and their reception history; interpretative efforts to understand the central claim that Christ became human; the consequences of the incarnation for our understanding of the variegated nature of humankind (i.e. what is the "body" into which Christ incarnated?); and the impact of Christ's humanity on the transformation of the human world.

Author Biography

Andreas Schuele is Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia, and holds doctoral degrees in Semitic studies and theology. Gunter Thomas is Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Bochum in Germany.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction by Andreas Schuele	p. xi
"Who is he?" Tradition, Doubt, and Misperception as Keys to Understanding Christ
"The King of the Jews"	p. 3
". . . Under Pontius Pilate": On Living Cultural Memory and Christian Confession	p. 19
"Faith" as a Christological Title in Paul	p. 50
Sinking into the Human: Christology and the Disclosure of the Human Condition
Hypostasis as a Component of New Testament Christology (Hebrews 1:3)	p. 63
"Mingling" in Gregory of Nyssa's Christology: A Reconsideration	p. 72
Flesh and Folly: The Christ of Christian Humanism	p. 85
The Corporate Christ	p. 103
Whose Flesh, Whose Blood? Christology and the Politics of Gender, Race, Age, and Social Status
Forces of Love: The Christopoetics of Desire	p. 115
"But you, who do you say I am?" A Homily on Ideological Faith from the Gospel of Mark	p. 134
Christology and Diakonia	p. 150
Children, the Image of God, and Christology: Theological Anthropology in Solidarity with Children	p. 167
Growing into His Likeness: The Eschatological Presence of Christ in Human Lives
"On earth as it is in heaven": Eschatology and the Ethics of Forgiveness	p. 185
"We Once Knew Him from a Human Point of View"	p. 203
Personhood and Bodily Resurrection	p. 219
From Easter to Parousia	p. 236
Contributors	p. 253
Index	p. 255
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