Christ and horrors : the coherence of christology
Who would the Savior have to be, what would the Savior have to do, to rescue human beings fromthe meaning-destroying experiences of their lives? This book offers a systematic Christology that is at once biblical and philosophical. Starting with human radical vulnerability to horrors such as permanent pain, sadistic abuse, or genocide, it develops what must be true about Christ if He is the horror-defeater who ultimately resolves all the problems affecting the human condition and Divine{u2013} human relations. Distinctive elements ofMarilynMcCordAdams{u2019} study are her defense of the two-natures theory and of Christ as Inner Teacher and a functional partner in human flourishing, and her arguments in favor of literal bodily resurrection (Christ{u2019}s and ours) and of a strong doctrine of corporeal eucharistic presence. The book concludes that Christ is the One inWhomnot only Christian doctrine, but also cosmos, church, and the human psyche hold together
Print Book, English, 2006
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2006
xii, 331 pages ; 23 cm.
9780521866828, 9780521686006, 9780521866828, 9780521686006, 0521866820, 0521686008
70671794
Christology as natural theology : methodological issues
Posing the problems : beginning with Job
Sharing the horrors : Christ as horror-defeater
Psychologizing the person : Christ as God-man, psychologically construed
Recovering the metaphysics : Christ as God-man, metaphysically construed
Learning the meanings : Christ in the hearts of all people
Cosmic coherence and the primacy of Christ : Christ, the one in whom all things hold together
Resurrection and renewal : Christ the first fruits
Horrors and holocausts, sacrifices and priests : Christ as priest and victim
Christ in the sacrament of the altar : Christ in the meantime