Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Incarnation	Thomas F. Torrance	"This volume on the incarnation is the first of two volumes based on Torrance's lectures on Christology delivered to students in Christian dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh, from 1952 to 1978"--Dus…	OL11375958W
Incarnation anyway	Edwin Chr. van Driel	This book raises in a new way a central question of Christology: what is the divine motive for the incarnation? Throughout Christian history a majority of Western theologians have agreed that God's d…	OL13613487W
The crucifixion and the Qur'an	Todd Lawson	Many Muslims and Christians believe that the Qur'an denies the crucifixion of Jesus, and, with it, one of the most sacred tenets of Christianity. However, it is only mentioned in one verse - "They di…	OL13848120W
Jesus Wars	Philip Jenkins,John Philip Jenkins	Jesus Wars reveals how official, orthodox teaching about Jesus was the product of political maneuvers by a handful of key characters in the fifth century. Jenkins argues that were it not for these co…	OL15188596W
The Mystery and the Passion	David Buttrick	Dr. David G. Buttrick’s book, “The Mystery and The Passion,” is a homiletic exploration of the Gospel traditions regarding Jesus’ death and resurrection. Dr. Buttrick examines the familiar texts tha…	OL1823479W
Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time	Marcus J. Borg	E-book extra: "Easter" by Marcus J. Borg.Renowned biblical scholar Marcus J. Borg shows how a rigorous examination of historical findings on Jesus can lead to a new faith in Christ, one that is criti…	OL1896935W
Jesus the Magician	Morton Smith	Offering readers a new perspective on Jesus, this volume fundamentally challenges the accepted Christian version of Jesus's life, offering today's learned lay reader a fascinating view of the histori…	OL1941989W
Jesus under fire	James Porter Moreland,Michael J. Wilkins	Jesus Under Fire questions the findings of the Jesus Seminar that have challenged the biblical record of Jesus and his life and ministry, and presents rationally grounded affirmations of the traditio…	OL19811106W
Jesus among the theologians	William J. La Due	"The New Testament sheds little light on the questions of whether Jesus was fully human or fully divine. As Christianity has evolved, theologians have taken up these questions, developing them into c…	OL1998952W
Matthew	Jack Dean Kingsbury	c1977	OL2026500W
Christ the light	Whidden, David L. III	In Christ the Light, Whidden argues that illumination is a critical systematic motif in Aquinas' theology, one that involves the nature of truth, knowledge, and God; at the root, Aquinas' theology of…	OL22323707W
Raising Abel	James Alison	The US edition; in the UK, published under the title Living in the End Times	OL2619201W
Jesus in America	Richard Wightman Fox	"This book is for believers and non-believers alike. It is not a book about whether one should believe in Jesus, but about how Americans have believed in and portrayed him." (From the Introduction)Je…	OL3252376W
Christ	Jack Miles	"Five years after his book about God as portrayed in the Old Testament - God: A Biography - Jack Miles gives us his consideration of Christ. He presents Christ as a hero of literature based only in p…	OL3501563W
Jesus - God and Man	Wolfhart Pannenberg	This highly acclaimed work demonstrates Wolfhart Pannenberg's belief that at the heart of every Christian theology lies its teaching about Jesus Christ. The second edition, available for the first ti…	OL8242461W
John's Apologetic Christology	James F. McGrath	"The Gospel according to John presents Jesus in a unique way as compared with other New Testament writings. Scholars have long puzzled and pondered over why this should be. In this book, James McGrat…	OL8325215W
Jesus and the God of Israel	Richard Bauckham	This book is a greatly revised and expanded edition of Richard Bauckham's acclaimed God Crucified: Monotheism and Christology in the New Testament (1999), which helped redirect scholarly discussion o…	OL852569W