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Who do you say that I am?

Name: Who do you say that I am?
Author: Donald Armstrong
ISBN: 9780802838650

by Donald Armstrong

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In our current time, the essential and life-changing question that Jesus asked of his disciples, "Who do you say that I am?" has been, in the theology of many, effectively changed to "Who would you like me to be?" From radical feminist theologians who critique Jesus through their particular experience as women to church growth experts who offer "God at your service," Jesus has been revisioned and reimaged to bless what we have become and to grant the fulfillment of our excessive desires.

The purpose of this book is to articulate and make accessible a credible antidote to this devastating and inaccurate picture of God. Written by six internationally recognized New Testament scholars and church leaders, these essays clearly and decisively reclaim the biblical view of Jesus and the church for our postmodern age.

Representing the best in contemporary reflection on the significance of Jesus and the church, this volume offers all readers—pastors, students, and laypersons alike—a deepened understanding of the cornerstones of Christian faith.

Contributors:
George L. Carey
Alan Crippen
Christopher Hancock
Alister McGrath
Richard Reid
N. T. Wright

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Publishers Weekly

Each contributor has tried to make his remarks as accessible as possible to a wide audience, for these writers believe that recovering the New Testament Jesus is the contemporary church's most important task.

Religious Studies Review

The articles, which combine moderately critical scholarship with pedagogical acumen and pastoral solicitude, should prove helpful to nonprofessionals who desire an introduction into the perpetual haze and maze of opinions about the person and mission of Jesus.

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

This collection of essays attempts to offer a corrective to what the authors contend are "devastating, despairing, and inaccurate pictures" of Jesus painted by the Jesus Seminar and other contemporary New Testament critics. Armstrong, rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Colorado Spring, Colo., and other contributors argue that much contemporary writing about the historical Jesus "re-visions Jesus" in humankind's images rather than seeing humankind in the likeness and image of Jesus. As contributor N.T. Wright (Jesus and the Victory of God) puts it, the Bible's "stern and tender God... has been replaced by a celestial bellhop, a mirror, mirror on the wall telling us that we are the fairest of all." In his essay on the Christological problem, Christopher Hancock, vicar of Holy Trinity in Cambridge, argues that the proper theme of Christology is not our interpretation of Jesus but "what God has to say to us in Jesus." Former Virginia Theological Seminary New Testament professor Hancock asserts in his essay on "the necessity of a biblical Christology" that "Christology which is not rooted in the Bible will always be inadequate, or worse, just plain wrong." And, in what is the centerpiece of the collection, N.T. Wright argues in "The Biblical Formation of the Doctrine of Christ" that discovering more and more about Jesus as his identity is revealed in the Bible is the urgent Christological mission of the church. Although the language of the essays is sometimes academic, each contributor has tried to make his remarks as accessible as possible to a wide audience, for these writers believe that recovering the New Testament Jesus is the contemporary church's most important task. (June) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.