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The Metaphor of God Incarnate: Christology in a Pluralistic Age

John Harwood Hick

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In this groundbreaking work, John Hick refutes the traditional Christian understanding of Jesus of Nazareth. According to Hick, Jesus did not teach what was to become the orthodox understanding of him: that he was God incarnate who became human to die for the sins of the world. Further, the traditional dogma of Jesus' two natures - human and divine - cannot be explained satisfactorily, and worse, it has been used to justify great human evils. Thus, the divine incarnation, he explains, is best understood metaphorically. Nevertheless, he concludes that Christians can still understand Jesus as Lord and the one who has made God real for us.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Release: January 01, 1993

ISBN: 0664255035

ISBN 13: 9780664255039

The Metaphor of God Incarnate: Christology in a Pluralistic Age

John Harwood Hick

3.5/5 ( ratings)

In this groundbreaking work, John Hick refutes the traditional Christian understanding of Jesus of Nazareth. According to Hick, Jesus did not teach what was to become the orthodox understanding of him: that he was God incarnate who became human to die for the sins of the world. Further, the traditional dogma of Jesus' two natures - human and divine - cannot be explained satisfactorily, and worse, it has been used to justify great human evils. Thus, the divine incarnation, he explains, is best understood metaphorically. Nevertheless, he concludes that Christians can still understand Jesus as Lord and the one who has made God real for us.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Release: January 01, 1993

ISBN: 0664255035

ISBN 13: 9780664255039

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