Image from Google Jackets

Ordinary Christology [electronic resource] : Who Do You Say I Am? Answers From The Pews.

By: Series: Explorations in practical, pastoral, and empirical theologyPublication details: Farnham : Ashgate Pub., 2012.Description: 1 online resource (225 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781409425366 (electronic bk.)
  • 1409425363 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ordinary Christology : Who Do You Say I Am? Answers From The PewsDDC classification:
  • 232
LOC classification:
  • BT203
Online resources:
Contents:
1 Introduction; Testing Ordinary Christology; Learning Ordinary Christology; 2 Studying Ordinary Christology; Empirical Theological Research; Descriptive Research: A Hermeneutical-Phenomenological Approach; Anything to Declare?; Choosing an Empirical Research Method; The Qualitative Research Interview; Data Analysis; Theological Analysis; Some Methodological Problems; 3 Functional Christology; Absence of a Doctrine of Pre-existence; Absence of a Doctrine of the Immanent Trinity; Jesus is Not God; Virginal-Conception Christology; Spirit Christology; 6 Three Soteriologies.
Exemplarist SoteriologyAn Exemplarist Interpretation of the Cross; The Cross as a Demonstration of the Love of God; Traditionalist Soteriology; A Traditionalist Interpretation of the Cross; Forgiveness Without an Atoning Death; Eternal Salvation Through Merit; Evangelical Soteriology; Substitutionary Atonement; A Personal Relationship with Jesus; 7 Soteriological Difficulties; Saved From What?; Where is the Evidence?; Why Did Jesus Have to Die?; A Sadistic God?; How Does Jesus Save?; Salvation through Jesus Alone?; The Default Soteriology: Jesus as Exemplar.
8 Some Formal Characteristics of Ordinary ChristologyOrdinary Christology is Story-Shaped; Do Ordinary Believers 'Do Christology'?; Ordinary Christology and Affective Christology; On Not Learning Christological Dogma; Is Ordinary Christology Essentially Non-Cognitive?; 9 Living Christology; Engaging With the Story of Jesus; Difficulties of Engagement; The Story and Salvation; Is Jesus Really That Important?; Learning From Ordinary Christology; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: Ordinary Christology is defined as the account of who Jesus was/is and what he did/does that is given by Christian believers who have received no formal theological education. In this fascinating study Ann Christie analyses, and offers a theological appraisal, of the main christologies and soteriologies operating in a sample of ordinary churchgoers. Christie highlights the formal characteristics of ordinary Christology and raises questions about how we should respond to the beliefs about Jesus held by ordinary churchgoers.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
No physical items for this record

1 Introduction; Testing Ordinary Christology; Learning Ordinary Christology; 2 Studying Ordinary Christology; Empirical Theological Research; Descriptive Research: A Hermeneutical-Phenomenological Approach; Anything to Declare?; Choosing an Empirical Research Method; The Qualitative Research Interview; Data Analysis; Theological Analysis; Some Methodological Problems; 3 Functional Christology; Absence of a Doctrine of Pre-existence; Absence of a Doctrine of the Immanent Trinity; Jesus is Not God; Virginal-Conception Christology; Spirit Christology; 6 Three Soteriologies.

Exemplarist SoteriologyAn Exemplarist Interpretation of the Cross; The Cross as a Demonstration of the Love of God; Traditionalist Soteriology; A Traditionalist Interpretation of the Cross; Forgiveness Without an Atoning Death; Eternal Salvation Through Merit; Evangelical Soteriology; Substitutionary Atonement; A Personal Relationship with Jesus; 7 Soteriological Difficulties; Saved From What?; Where is the Evidence?; Why Did Jesus Have to Die?; A Sadistic God?; How Does Jesus Save?; Salvation through Jesus Alone?; The Default Soteriology: Jesus as Exemplar.

8 Some Formal Characteristics of Ordinary ChristologyOrdinary Christology is Story-Shaped; Do Ordinary Believers 'Do Christology'?; Ordinary Christology and Affective Christology; On Not Learning Christological Dogma; Is Ordinary Christology Essentially Non-Cognitive?; 9 Living Christology; Engaging With the Story of Jesus; Difficulties of Engagement; The Story and Salvation; Is Jesus Really That Important?; Learning From Ordinary Christology; Bibliography; Index.

Ordinary Christology is defined as the account of who Jesus was/is and what he did/does that is given by Christian believers who have received no formal theological education. In this fascinating study Ann Christie analyses, and offers a theological appraisal, of the main christologies and soteriologies operating in a sample of ordinary churchgoers. Christie highlights the formal characteristics of ordinary Christology and raises questions about how we should respond to the beliefs about Jesus held by ordinary churchgoers.

Description based on print version record.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.