The Way of Jesus Christ: Christology in Messianic DimensionsThe Way of Jesus Christ discusses the following topics: 1. The symbol of the way embodies the aspect of process and brings out christology's alignment towards its goal. This symbol can comprehend Christ's way from his birth in the Spirit and his baptism in the Spirit to his self-surrender on Golgotha. It also makes it possible to understand the path of Christ as the way leading from his resurrection to his parousia-the way he takes in the Spirit to Israel, to the nations, and into the breadth and depth of the cosmos. 2. The symbol of the way makes us aware that every human christology is historically conditioned and limited. Every human christology is a 'christology of the way, ' not yet a 'christology of the home country, ' a christology of faith, not yet a christology of sight. So christology is no more than the beginning of eschatology; and eschatology, as the Christian faith understands it, is always the consummation of christology. 3. Finally, but not least important: every way is an invitation. A way is something to be followed. 'The way of Jesus Christ' is not merely a christological category. It is an ethical category too. Anyone who enters upon Christ's way will discover who Jesus really is; and anyone who really believes in Jesus and the Christ of God will follow him along the way he himself took. Christology and christopraxis find one another in the full and completed knowledge of Christ. This christology links dogmatics and ethics in closer detail than in the previous volumes. |
Contents
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1 The Genesis of the Messianic Hope | 5 |
2 The Growth of the Messianic Figure | 8 |
2 The Son of Man | 13 |
3 Messianic Categories | 21 |
4 Christology in JewishChristian Dialogue | 28 |
Trends and Transmutations in Christology | 38 |
1 Christology as a Biblical Theme | 39 |
Martyrology Today | 196 |
Paul Schneider | 199 |
Dietrich Bonhoeffer | 200 |
Arnulfo Romero | 202 |
The Apocalyptic Side of Martyrdom | 203 |
6 The Remembrance of Christs Sufferings | 204 |
2 The Cry from the Depths | 211 |
The Eschatological Resurrection of Christ | 213 |
2 The Present Position of Christology | 41 |
3 The Therapeutic Relevance of Christology | 43 |
2 The Theme and Scheme of Cosmological Christology | 46 |
3 The Theme and Scheme of Anthropological Christology | 55 |
4 Christology in the Contradictions of Scientific and Technological Civilization | 63 |
2 The Theme and Scheme of Eschatological Christology Today | 69 |
The Messianic Mission of Christ | 73 |
2 Christs Birth in the Spirit | 78 |
1 Christs Birth in the Spirit from a Historical Perspective | 79 |
2 Christs Birth in the Spirit from a Theological Perspective | 82 |
3 Christs Baptism in the Spirit | 87 |
2 The Kenosis of the Divine Spirit Jesus Endowment with the Spirit | 91 |
4 The Gospel of the Kingdom of God to the Poor | 94 |
2 The Kingdom of God and New Creation | 97 |
3 The Dignity of the Poor | 99 |
4 Liberation through Conversion | 102 |
5 The Healing of the Sick the Expulsion of Demons | 104 |
1 Healing and Exorcism | 105 |
2 Healing Faith | 111 |
6 The Acceptance of the Outcasts the Raising Up of the Humiliated | 112 |
7 The Messianic Way of Life | 116 |
2 The Messianic Sabbath | 119 |
3 The Messianic Torah | 122 |
4 The Messianic Peace | 127 |
b Responsibility for our Enemies | 130 |
5 Swords into Ploughshares | 132 |
8 Jesus The Messianic Person in His Becoming | 136 |
1 The Messianic Person of Jesus | 137 |
2 Jesus the Child of God | 142 |
3 Jesus a Person in Social Relationships | 145 |
a Jesus and His Fellowship with Women and Men | 146 |
b Jesus and Israel | 147 |
c Jesus and the People | 148 |
4 The ThreeDimensional Person of Jesus Christ | 149 |
The Apocalyptic Sufferings of Christ | 151 |
What Death Did Jesus Die? | 160 |
2 The Death of the Messiah | 164 |
3 The Death of Gods Child | 165 |
4 The Death of the Jew | 167 |
5 The Death of the Slave | 168 |
6 The Death of the Living One | 169 |
Where is God? | 170 |
1 The Theodicy Trial on Golgotha | 171 |
2 The Theology of the Surrender of Christ | 172 |
3 The Compassion of God | 178 |
Why Did Christ Die? | 181 |
2 Justifying Faith | 183 |
3 The Community of the Living and the Dead | 189 |
4 The Wiping Away of the Tears | 192 |
5 The Joy of God without End | 195 |
1 The Genesis and Unique Character of the Christian Faith in the Resurrection | 215 |
the Theological Problem | 227 |
1 The Category of Divine History | 230 |
2 The Category of Existential History | 232 |
the Historical Problem | 234 |
1 The Category of Universal History | 235 |
2 The Horizon of Historical Expectation and the Sphere of Historical Experience | 236 |
3 The Historical Process of Resurrection | 240 |
the Theological Problem | 246 |
1 The Rebirth of Christ from the Spirit | 247 |
2 Natures Openness for Analogy | 250 |
the Natural Problem | 252 |
2 Christs Transition to the New Creation | 256 |
3 The Resurrection of the Dead the Resurrection of the Body the Resurrection of Nature | 259 |
the Uniting of What has been Separated | 263 |
1 The Unity of Body and Soul | 265 |
2 The Unity of the Person in Time | 267 |
3 The Unity between Person and Community | 268 |
4 The Unity of the Human Race in the Generation Contract | 269 |
5 The Unity between Human Civilization and Nature | 270 |
The Cosmic Christ | 274 |
2 Early Christian Tradition | 280 |
3 An Outline for a Differentiated Cosmic Christology | 286 |
2 Christ the Ground of Creation | 287 |
1 Creation through the Spirit and the Word | 288 |
2 The Securing of Creation | 290 |
3 The Renewal of Creation | 291 |
3 Christ Evolutions Driving Force or Its Victim? | 292 |
SelfTranscendence | 297 |
4 Christ the Redeemer of Evolution | 301 |
The CounterMovement | 302 |
5 The Community of Creation is a Community based on Law | 305 |
1 The Reconciliation of Human Beings and Nature | 306 |
2 A Community of Human Beings Animals and Plants Based on Law | 307 |
The Parousia of Christ | 313 |
2 The Coming One | 321 |
3 The Day of the Lord | 326 |
1 The Last of Daysthe Day of Days | 327 |
2 The Primordial and the Eschatological Moment | 328 |
3 Aeon the Relative Eternity of Created Being | 330 |
the Category of Heaven | 331 |
5 to judge both the quick and the dead | 334 |
2 The Apocalyptic Law of Retaliation | 335 |
3 The Christian Dilemma | 336 |
the Expectation of the Parousia and Affirmed Embodiment | 338 |
Notes | 342 |
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Other editions - View all
The Way of Jesus Christ: Christology in Messianic Dimensions Jürgen Moltmann No preview available - 1990 |
The Way of Jesus Christ: Christology in Messianic Dimensions Jürgen Moltmann No preview available - 1993 |
The Way of Jesus Christ: Christology in Messianic Dimensions Jürgen Moltmann No preview available - 1990 |
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