02390nam a2200457Ki 4500 ocn870646962 OCoLC 20200709060058.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140217s2013 oruc ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9781598151237 (electronic bk.) 1598151231 (electronic bk.) 9781598151220 1598151223 (OCoLC)870646962 701994 (N$T) BT303.2 .B39 2013eb REL 067040 bisacsh 232.9/08 23 N$TA Bessler, Joseph A. A scandalous Jesus : how three historic quests changed theology for the better / Joseph A. Bessler. Salem, Oregon : Polebridge Press, 2013. 1 online resource (x, 259 pages) : portrait. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-250) and index. PART I : THE FIRST QUEST -- Why the first quest for the historical Jesus? -- Locke, Hume, and the shifting loyalties of reason -- Jefferson's Jesus and the religious conflicts of a new civil society -- Reimarus and the critique of ecclesiastical power -- Lessing and the public staging of the Reimarus fragments -- Strauss, Jesus, and the scandal of democracy -- Schweitzer and the scandal of liberal theology -- PART II : THE NEW QUEST. The Christian retreat from public life -- Avoiding scandal : the new quest -- The new quest and the changing voices of theology -- PART III : THE RENEWED QUEST. The turn to language in biblical studies and theology -- The Jesus seminar and the renewed quest for a public Jesus -- Beyond belief : re-imagining faith. Description based on print version record. Jesus Christ Historicity. RELIGION / Christian Theology / Christology bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Bessler, Joseph A. Scandalous Jesus 9781598151220 (DLC) 2013006548 (OCoLC)833630121 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=701994 EBSCOhost EBSC 701994 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 54539 54539