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An in-depth study of Kierkegaard's thinking on Christology, emphasising the radical nature of his approach to the incarnation, with an emphasis on the call of the Christian believer to a life of 'kenotic' (self-emptying) discipleship in imitation of Christ.--

"God calls humans to be creative. The human drive to represent transcendent truths witnesses to the fact that we are destined to be transfigured and to transfigure the world. It is worth asking, then, what truthful representations, whether in art, spirituality, or theology, teach us about the one who is our truth, the one who made us and the one in whose image we are made. All Things Beautiful: An Aesthetic Christology is an experimental and constructive aesthetic Christology sourced by close readings of a wide array of artistic works, canonical and popular--including poems, films, essays, novels, plays, short stories, sculptures, icons, and paintings--as well as art criticism and passages from the Christian Scriptures. From first to last, these readings engage in conversation with the deep, broad wisdom of the Christian theological tradition. The liturgical calendar guides the themes of the book, beginning with Advent and Christmas; carrying through Epiphany, Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday, Easter, and Ascension; and ending with Pentecost and Ordinary Time."--Publisher.

"Global realities of human inequality, poverty, violence and ecological destruction call for a twenty-first-century Christian response which links cross-cultural and interreligious cooperation for change to the Gospel. This book demonstrates why just action is necessarily a criterion of authentic Christian theology, and gives grounds for Christian hope that change in violent structures is really possible. Lisa Sowle Cahill argues that theology and biblical interpretation are already embedded in and indebted to ethical-political practices and choices. Within this ecumenical study, she explores the use of the historical Jesus in constructive theology; the merits of Word and Spirit Christologies; the importance of liberation and feminist theologies as well as theologies from the global south; and also the possibility of qualified moral universalism. The book will be of great interest to all students of theology, religious ethics and politics, and biblical studies"--

Intro -- Unveiling God -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Christologies Used in Islamic Contexts -- Chapter 2: Monotheism in First Century Judaism -- Chapter 3: Contextualisation of Christology in the NT: Using the Existing Concept of Monotheism -- Chapter 4: Contextualisation of Christology in the NT: Using Jewish Concepts of Theophany, Epiphany and Monolatry -- Chapter 5: Monotheism in the Islamic Context -- Chapter 6: Contextualising Christology for Islamic Culture -- Conclusions -- Glossary of key Islamic terms -- APPENDIX A: Evolutionary Christology -- APPENDIX B: Second Temple Jewish Monotheism and the Origins of NT Christology: The Scholarly Debate -- APPENDIX C: Profile of Islamic Texts -- APPENDIX D: The Effect of Gender Reversal Reading on the Lover/Beloved Imagery in mystical Poetry -- Bibliography -- Index of modern scholars -- Index of primary sources -- Subject index.

The problem of John's Christology and the three-headed dog of Rome -- Reading the whole story : strategies of survival -- Story as subversion : John's little countermemory -- Caiaphas : Caesar's accomplice -- Pontius Pilate : truth, terror, torture -- The cross as a tale of terror : Rome's perspective -- The cross inverted : John's perspective -- The cross as triumph : the perspective of the Johannine Jesus -- The inversion of empire : faith, hope, and power

Intro -- Christology and Evil in Ghana: Towards a Pentecostal Public Theology -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER I WHY STUDY CHRISTOLOGY AND EVIL IN GHANAIAN PENTECOSTALISM? -- Motivation and Objective -- Description and Complexities of the Journey -- Why the Church of Pentecost? -- Songs -- Sermons -- Complexities -- The Contextualisation of Evil and Suffering -- Method -- The Analysis, Systematisation, and Formulation Process -- Role of the Researcher -- Problems/Limitations of this Study -- Content of the Chapters -- CHAPTER II THE NATURE, PERSON, AND WORK OF JESUS CHRIST -- Introduction -- Christ, Evil, and Suffering in the Ghanaian Pentecostal Liturgy -- Jesus, the Believer's Victory over Evil and Suffering -- Jesus, the Transformer of Identity -- Akan Traditional Religion and Culture and the Jesus Story -- Christ, Evil and Suffering in the New Testament -- Christological Subversions -- Contextual Issues -- Believers are Victorious in Christ -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER III THE WORLD AS A PLACE OF EVIL AND SUFFERING -- Introduction -- The Nature and Phenomena of Evil and Suffering -- Naming Evil -- Sources of Evil and Suffering -- Causes of Evil and Suffering: Ghanaian Pentecostalism vis-à-vis Akan Traditional Religion -- Evil and Suffering in the Bible -- A Holistic Contextual Approach? -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER IV THE BATTLES OF LIFE: IMPLEMENTING CHRIST'S VICTORY OVER EVIL AND SUFFERING -- Introduction -- Victory over Life's Battles -- Evil and Suffering as Cosmic Battles -- Sources of Victory and Freedom in Christ -- Prophetic Rituals/Practices -- The Blood Metaphor as Transformer of Destiny -- Sources of Victory and Freedom in Ghanaian Pentecostalism and Akan Traditional Religion -- Overcoming the Battles of Life in the Bible -- Inadequate Contextualisation in "Witchdemonology"?