Christology : A Global Introduction

by Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti

• ISBN13: 9780801026218
• ISBN10: 0801026210
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

With Christology, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen 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.Kärkkäinen 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 Western Christologies from well-known theologians such as Karl Barth, Stanley Grenz, and John Hick.The final part of the book delves into contextualized interpretations about Christ in various parts of the world. Feminist, process, black, and postmodern Christologies extant in North America and Europe are discussed and evaluated. Asian (Christ as universal Savior), African (Christ as Ancestor), and Latin American (Christ as Liberator) Christologies round out the discussion.Christology is ideal for readers who desire to know how the global Christian community understands the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Author Biography

Veli-Matti K+ñrkk+ñinen (D. Theol., University of Helsinki) is associate professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary and also holds teaching posts at the University of Helsinki and Iso Kirja College in Finland. He is the author of Pneumatology: The Holy Spirit in Ecumenical, International, and Contextual Perspective and An Introduction to Ecclesiology: Ecumenical, Historical, and Global Perspectives.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	7	(9)
Introduction	9	(10)
Part 1 Christ in the Bible
The Many Faces of Christ in the Bible	19	(11)
Christ in the Gospels	30	(14)
Pauline Christology	44	(17)
Part 2 Christ in History
Early Christological Disputes	61	(11)
From the Council of Nicea (325) to Chalcedon (451)	72	(7)
Subsequent Developments	79	(6)
A New Christological Style	85	(5)
The Beginning of the Quest of the Historical Jesus	90	(5)
The Liberal Picture of Christ	95	(6)
The Collapse of the Original Quest	101	(10)
Part 3 Christ in the Contemporary World: Western Christologies
Dialectical Christology	111	(8)
Karl Barth
Mythological Christology	119	(7)
Rudolf Bultmann
Existentialist Christology	126	(7)
Paul Tillich
Communion Christology	133	(7)
John Zizioulas
Transcendental Christology	140	(7)
Karl Rahner
Messianic Christology	147	(8)
Jurgen Moltmann
Universal Christology	155	(9)
Wolfhart Pannenberg
Disciples' Christology	164	(7)
Norman Kraus
Evangelical Christology	171	(8)
Stanley Grenz
Universalist Christology	179	(10)
John Hick
Part 4 Christ in the Contemporary World: Contextual Christologies
Process Christology	189	(7)
Feminist Christology	196	(8)
Black Christology	204	(8)
Postmodern Christology	212	(10)
Christology in Latin America: Search for Freedom	222	(15)
Christ as Liberator	237	(8)
Jon Sobrino
Christology in Africa: Search for Power	245	(11)
Christ as Ancestor	256	(9)
Benezet Bujo
Christology in Asia: Search for Meaning	265	(14)
Christ as Universal Savior	279	(8)
Stanley Samartha
Epilogue: The Future of Christology	287	(4)
Subject Index	291	(6)
Scripture Index	297