This book gathers together essays, published and unpublished, in which Brian Hebblethwaite explores and defends the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation against its modern critics. He shows what would be lost from the Christian religion if non-incarnational Christology (a way of understanding Jesus Christ without belief in his divinity) were to be adopted by the Christian churches. He begins b…
"Who do people say the Son of Man is? . . . But you . . ' who do you say I am?'(Matt. 16-14, 15). Jesus of Nazareth's famous pair of questions, handed down to us in the Gospels, is still open. The answers his first followers gave were only the beginning. Later disciples, scholars, the curious, enemies-all have given their answers. And the variety of these answers, the passion with which they ha…
Who was Jesus? A cynic-like figure? A political activist? Professor Marcus Borg, a nationally known Jesus scholar, here offers an accessible guide through the growing maze of literature and research on Jesus. This state-of the art volume will be a welcome resource especially for libraries, research specialists and students.The book is divided into three parts. Part One deals with Jesus scholars…
This work, by the controversial Brazilian liberation theologian Leonard Boff, claims that a genuine evangelization is a debt owed by the Church to all the people of Latin America. He examines the cultures of Latin America and how the Church can itself be evangelized "from below" by these cultures.