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A Fresh Look at the Kenotic Christologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2009

Donald G. Dawe
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One of the most influential Christologies in the recent past was that based on the kenosis or divine self-emptying in Christ. Starting with Gottfried Thomasius in 1845 through P. T. Forsyth and H. R. Mackintosh in this century, men sought a key in the idea of kenosis for interpreting to the modern mind the traditional Christian affirmation that Christ is both human and divine. There are two questions about the kenotic Christologies and their place in the history of Christian thought that can provide a key to a fresh understanding of the kenotic theme and its function in modern christological thinking.

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Scottish Journal of Theology , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , December 1962 , pp. 337 - 349
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Copyright © Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 1962

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