A how three historic quests changed theology for the better Bessler, Joseph A. creator text bibliography Electronic books. oru 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource (x, 259 pages) : portrait. 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. Joseph A. Bessler. Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-250) and index. Jesus Christ Historicity RELIGION / Christian Theology / Christology BT303.2 .B39 2013eb 232.9/08 Bessler, Joseph A. (DLC) 2013006548 (OCoLC)833630121 9781598151237 (electronic bk.) 1598151231 (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=701994 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=701994 N$T 140217 20200709060058.0 ocn870646962 eng