Includes bibliographical references (p. 408-443) and index.

Introduction. A methodological vision in a new key --
Christ. How to do Christology --
"A prophet mighty in deed and word": Jesus' ministry --
Jesus in the matrix of diverse global contexts and challenges --
Messiah and the kingdom --
The Chalcedonian tradition: a horizon for understanding Christ --
Resurrection and the identity of Jesus Christ --
"The Word became flesh": incarnation and preexistence --
Jesus and Spirit: "Logos Christologies" and "Spirit Christologies" --
Contra pluralism --
Jesus Christ among religions --
Reconciliation. Atonement traditions --
Violence, cross, and atonement --
Toward a contemporary trinitarian theology of reconciliation --
Reconciliation as the church's mission in the world --
Christian salvation among religions.

"In Christ and Reconciliation Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen develops a constructive Christology and theology of salvation in dialogue with the best of Christian tradition, with contemporary theology in its global and contextual diversity, and with other major living faiths. Kärkkäinen's Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World is a five-volume project that aims to develop a new approach to and method of doing Christian theology in our pluralistic world at the beginning of the third millennium. Topics such as diversity, inclusivity, violence, power, cultural hybridity, and justice are part of the constructive theological discussion along with classical topics such as the messianic consciousness, incarnation, atonement, and the person of Christ. With the metaphor of hospitality serving as the framework for his discussion, Kärkkäinen engages Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism in sympathetic and critical mutual dialogue while remaining robustly Christian in his convictions. Never before has a full-scale doctrinal theology been attempted in such a wide and deep dialogical mode."--Publisher's website.