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15 - The Church’s Jesus in Modern Theology

from Part III - Ethics, Theology, and Critical Scholarship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2024

By
Emmanuel Durand
Edited by
Markus Bockmuehl
Markus Bockmuehl
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
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Summary

As proclaimed by the churches, Jesus of Nazareth is the key to unlocking the depth and breadth of the Christian faith. Jesus’s relations to God and to the Holy Spirit ground his potential relation to every human being. As a consequence of his identity, to be unveiled in theology, Christ illuminates a whole set of questions at the frontier of the Creed: among others the openness of human nature to God, the relationship between the human and the divine, the paradox of the singular and the universal, the unity of matter and life, the challenge of hope among historical ordeals. Christ offers a new understanding, not only of the core issues of the Christian faith but also of the present moment of each believer and of what is truly definitive facing God.

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Christhuman conditionphysical creationhope
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The New Cambridge Companion to Jesus , pp. 250 - 264
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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Further Reading

Anatolios, Khaled. 2020. Deification through the Cross: An Eastern Christian Theology of Salvation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.Google Scholar
Durand, Emmanuel. 2018. Jésus contemporain: Christologie brève et actuelle. Paris: Cerf.Google Scholar
Edwards, Denis. 2019. Deep Incarnation: God’s Redemptive Suffering with Creatures. Maryknoll: Orbis.Google Scholar
Gaventa, Beverly Roberts and Hays, Richard B., eds. 2008. Seeking the Identity of Jesus: A Pilgrimage. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.Google Scholar
Gregersen, Niels Henrik, ed. 2015. Incarnation: On the Scope and Depth of Christology. Minneapolis: Fortress.Google Scholar
Lohfink, Gerhard. 2012. Jesus of Nazareth: What He Wanted, Who He Was. Collegeville: Liturgical Press.Google Scholar
Lovinfosse, M. de and Durand, Emmanuel. 2021. Naître et devenir: La vie conversante de Jésus selon Matthieu. Paris: Cerf.Google Scholar
Tanner, Kathryn. 2010. Christ the Key. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Volf, Miroslav and McAnnally-Linz, Ryan. 2022. The Home of God: A Brief Story of Everything. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press.Google Scholar
Williams, Rowan. 2018. Christ the Heart of Creation. London: Bloomsbury Continuum.Google Scholar

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