Christ the Representative : Toward a Representational Christology /

Christ the Representative : Toward a Representational Christology /

This book explores how the person and salvific significance of Jesus Christ can be understood within today's secular and religiously plural world. Rather than adopting an exclusivist approach, it presents Christology in a manner that steers clear of both rigid absolutism and reductive relativis...

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Main Author: Bernhardt, Reinhold (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
Studies in Systematic Theology ; 27.

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Theology and World Christianity.

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Call Number: BS709.4

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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 7 Preliminary Considerations: Contextual Christology
  • 1.1 The Religions as Context
  • 1.2 'Natural Self-Affirmation'?
  • 1.3 Outline of the Argument
  • 8 The Problem: Christology and the Theology of Religions
  • 2.1 Interreligious Appreciation?
  • 2.2 Renunciation of Textual Justification?
  • 2.3 The Person and Mission of Jesus Christ
  • 2.4 Particularity and Universality
  • 2.5 The Theology of Israel as a Precedent
  • 9 The Agenda: 'Representation' as the Key Concept of Christology
  • 3.1 Clarification of the Term 'Representation'
  • 3.2 Application of the Concept of Representation to the Interpretation of Jesus Christ
  • 10 Implementation: Unfolding Representational Christology
  • 4.1 Person and 'Work' of Jesus Christ
  • 4.2 Revisions of Logos-Incarnation-Nature Christology
  • 4.3 Defining Relationships with Sensitivity to Difference
  • 4.4 Spirit Christology
  • 4.5 Wisdom Christology
  • 4.6 Word, Spirit, and Wisdom-an Interim Evaluation
  • 4.7 The Revelation and Withdrawal of God
  • 4.8 The Work of Jesus Christ and Its Effects
  • 4.9 Christ-Event and Christ-Content
  • 11 Selected Approaches to a Representational Christology
  • 5.1 Schubert M. Ogden's Concept of Representation
  • 5.2 Roger Haight: Jesus as Symbol of God
  • 12 Conclusions and Further Reflections
  • 6.1 Soteriological Exclusivism?
  • 6.2 Solus Christus?
  • 6.3 An Application: the Qurʾan as a Representation of God?
  • 6.4 Closing Remarks
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names.