Incarnation. On the Scope and Depth of Christology.

Abstract

"This volume grew out of a symposium held in Hamlet's city of Elsinore in August 26-29, 2011, sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation and organized in collaboration with the Faculty of Theology at Copenhagen University"--Page ix. "Incarnation takes the reader on a journey from New Testament and early church views of incarnation to contemporary understandings of Christology. A prominent group of scholars explores and debates the idea of 'deep incarnation' -- the view that the divine incarnation in Jesus presupposes a radical embodiment that reaches into the roots of material and biological existence, as well as into the darker sides of creation. Such a wide-scope view of incarnation allows Christology to be meaningful when responding to the challenges of scientific cosmology and global religious pluralism"--Back cover. The incarnation and the cosmic Christ / Richard Bauckham -- Word, Spirit, and Wisdom in the universe: a biblical and theological reflection / Gerald O'Collins, SJ -- Saint Athanasius on "incarnation" / John Behr -- Saint Maximus the Confessor on creation and incarnation / Torstein Theodor Tollefsen -- Is God incarnate in all that is? / Jürgen Moltmann -- Jesus and the cosmos: soundings in deep Christology / Elizabeth A. Johnson -- Incarnation and the natural world: explorations in the tradition of Athanasius / Denis Edwards -- The wisdom of fools?: a theo-dramatic interpretation of deep incarnation / Celia Deane-Drummond -- Depth, sign and destiny: thoughts on incarnation / Christopher Southgate -- The extended body of Christ: three dimensions of deep incarnation / Niels Henrik Gregersen -- Divine presence-- causal, cybernetic, caring, cruciform: from information to incarnation / Holmes Rolston III -- Natural incarnation: from the possible to the actual / Stuart Kauffman -- Incarnation and faith in an evolutionary framework / Dirk Evers -- Jesus: the way of all flesh and the proleptic feather of time / Robert John Russell -- Afterword: Reservations / John Polkinghorne -- Deep incarnation: opportunities and challenges / Niels Henrik Gregersen.