Incarnation and Resurrection

by Molnar, Paul D.

• ISBN13: 9780802809988
• ISBN10: 0802809987
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-15
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

For too long contemporary theology has downplayed the importance of holding together the incarnation and the resurrection when thinking theologically. Paul Molnar here surveys the place of these key doctrines in the thought of several influential theologians: Karl Barth, Karl Rahner, Thomas F. Torrance, John Macquarrie, Gordon Kaufman, Sallie McFague, Roger Haight, John Hick, and Wolfhart Pannenberg. Molnar demonstrates that whenever the starting point for interpreting the resurrection is not Jesus himself, the incarnate Son of the Father, then Christology and Soteriology are undermined because they are not properly rooted in a plausible doctrine of the Trinity. Fair, comprehensive, and balanced, Molnar's analysis, following Torrance and Barth, highlights the details of contemporary theology of the resurrection linked to the incarnation and maintains the necessity of the incarnation in its intrinsic unity with the resurrection as the beginning, rather than the end, of Christology.

Author Biography

Paul D. Molnar is professor of systematic theology at St. John's University, Queens, New York.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Incarnation and Resurrection in the Theology of Karl Barth	p. 1
Barth's View of the Incarnation	p. 2
Barth's View of the Resurrection	p. 5
Resurrection and Atonement	p. 8
Barth and Bultmann	p. 15
Resurrection, Incarnation and the Trinity	p. 18
Implications of the Resurrection for Barth	p. 21
The Empty Tomb and Ascension	p. 27
Resurrection and Christian Hope	p. 29
Resurrection and Reconciliation	p. 36
Ethical Implications of Barth's Theology	p. 38
Incarnation and Resurrection in the Theology of Karl Rahner	p. 45
Fundamental and Dogmatic Theology	p. 46
Rahner's Ontology of the Symbol, Incarnation and the Trinity	p. 51
Obediential Potency and Supernatural Existential	p. 55
Rahner's View of the Resurrection	p. 57
The Meaning of Jesus' Resurrection	p. 66
Rahner's View of the Incarnation	p. 68
Incarnation/Evolution	p. 70
Ethical Implications of Rahner's Theology	p. 77
Incarnation and Resurrection in the Theology of Thomas F. Torrance	p. 81
Fundamental and Dogmatic Theology	p. 83
Resurrection and Incarnation in the Theology of T. F. Torrance	p. 87
Torrance's View of the Incarnation	p. 88
Significative/Symbolic Understanding and the Container Concept of Space	p. 90
Resurrection and the Trinity	p. 97
Ethical Implications of Our Justification by Faith	p. 100
Resurrection and Biblical Interpretation in Torrance	p. 104
Knowledge of the Incarnation and Resurrection no Resurrection in Torrance's Theology	p. 112
The Nature of the Resurrection Event	p. 115
Empty Tomb	p. 116
Analysis and Comparison of Barth, Rahner and Torrance with a View toward a Scientific Theology of the Resurrection in Its Intrinsic Relation to the Incarnation	p. 121
Method and Theological Knowledge	p. 122
The Nature of the Incarnation	p. 125
The Nature of the Resurrection	p. 135
The Nature and Significance of the Empty Tomb	p. 141
The Importance of the Doctrine of the Trinity and Ethical Implications	p. 144
Conclusion and Statement of Thesis	p. 151
Incarnation and Resurrection in the Theology of John Macquarrie and Paul F. Knitter	p. 155
Macquarrie on Christ's Resurrection	p. 157
Incarnation and the Doctrine of God	p. 162
Knitter's View of the Resurrection	p. 172
Knitter's View of the Incarnation	p. 175
Knitter's View of God	p. 181
Salvation in Christ vs. Self-Justification	p. 186
Incarnation and Resurrection in the Theology of Gordon Kaufman and Sallie McFague	p. 191
Kaufman's View of the Resurrection	p. 192
Kaufman's View of the Incarnation and of the Trinity	p. 202
Rejection of the Immanent Trinity/Self-Justification	p. 207
McFague's View of the Resurrection, the Incarnation and the Trinity	p. 214
Sin and Salvation-Self-Justification	p. 223
Atonement	p. 227
Incarnation and Resurrection in the Thought of Roger Haight and John Hick	p. 233
The Nature of the Resurrection	p. 234
Resurrection and Incarnation	p. 236
Resurrection and the Trinity	p. 239
Resurrection and Atonement	p. 241
Hick on Jesus' Resurrection	p. 244
Resurrection and Incarnation	p. 249
Trinity and Incarnation in Hick's Thought	p. 253
Ethical Implications of Hick's Agnosticism	p. 255
Incarnation and Resurrection in the Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg	p. 261
Pannenberg's Christology	p. 262
Christological Issues	p. 265
Pannenberg's View of the Resurrection	p. 273
The Nature of the Resurrection Event	p. 276
The Function of the Resurrection for Pannenberg	p. 278
Pannenberg on the Incarnation	p. 279
Two-Stage Christology	p. 282
The Virgin Birth	p. 288
Pannenberg on the Trinity and Chalcedon	p. 291
Jesus' Unity with God and the Doctrine of the Immanent Trinity	p. 296
Ethical Implications	p. 302
Conclusion	p. 311
Endnotes	p. 331
Selected Bibliography	p. 403
Name Index	p. 411
Subject Index	p. 413
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