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Christ and Horrors Marilyn McCord Adams (University of Oxford)

Christ and Horrors By Marilyn McCord Adams (University of Oxford)

Christ and Horrors by Marilyn McCord Adams (University of Oxford)


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Who would the Saviour have to be, what would the Saviour have to do to rescue human beings from the meaning-destroying experiences of their lives such as permanent pain or sadistic abuse? This book offers a systematic Christology that is at once biblical and philosophical, focusing on Christ as horror-defeater.

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Christ and Horrors: The Coherence of Christology by Marilyn McCord Adams (University of Oxford)

Who would the Saviour have to be, what would the Saviour have to do to rescue human beings from the 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-human relations. Distinctive elements of Marilyn McCord Adams' study are her defence of the two-natures theory, of Christ as Inner Teacher and a functional partner in human flourishing, and her arguments in favour of literal bodily resurrection (Christ's and ours) and of a strong doctrine of corporeal Eucharistic presence. The book concludes that Christ is the One in Whom, not only Christian doctrine, but cosmos, church, and the human psyche hold together.

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'...a rich and provocative text.' Theology

About Marilyn McCord Adams (University of Oxford)

Marilyn McCord Adams is Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford and Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. She has published extensively in academic philosophy and theology.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Christology as natural theology; 2. Posing the problems; 3. Sharing the horrors; 4. Psychologizing the person; 5. Recovering the metaphysics; 6. Learning the meanings; 7. Cosmic coherence: the primacy of Christ; 8. Resurrection and renewal; 9. Horrors and holocausts, sacrifices and priests; 10. Christ in the sacrament of the altar.

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GOR005672656
9780521686006
0521686008
Christ and Horrors: The Coherence of Christology by Marilyn McCord Adams (University of Oxford)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2006-09-21
344
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