Making Christ real : the peril and promise of kenosis /

Making Christ real : the peril and promise of kenosis /

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Author / Creator:	Youngs, Samuel J., author.
Imprint:	Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2022] ©2022
Description:	x, 179 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Princeton theological monograph series ; 248 Princeton theological monograph series ; 248.
Subject:	Jesus Christ -- Person and offices. Jesus Christ. Incarnation. Christology. Incarnation.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12798381

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ISBN:	9781725295056 1725295059 9781725295063 1725295067 9781725295070
Language / Script:	Current Copyright Fee: GBP0.88 0.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-176) and index.
Summary:	"Kenosis, or self-emptying, poses a fundamental question to any theological discussion about Jesus Christ: "In becoming human, did God empty himself of any divine qualities?" Many variations on kenotic Christology have emerged over the past 200 years, most of them claiming to both preserve and highlight the true humanity and ecclesial significance of Jesus Christ. While there is much to commend in these efforts, Samuel Youngs contends that nearly all such kenotic attempts have, against their best intentions, fallen into an echo chamber of abstraction and metaphor, rendering their talk about Jesus Christ and analysis of the Gospels fundamentally "unreal" and lacking in material significance for today's living church. Most fundamentally, many kenotic accounts pay inadequate attention to Christ's lived accomplishment, his current presence, and the modes of praxis that he makes real in the world. In dialogue with the important movement known as Transformation Theology, Youngs unfolds a detailed critique of method and discourse in kenotic christologies. Turning then to the vibrant christological thought of Jürgen Moltmann, a different outlook on kenosis is articulated and defended, one that is relational, concrete, and praxiological" -- Publisher's discription

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Understanding kenosis (I) : Modern Christological challenges
Understanding kenosis (II) : The first two waves of kenotic Christology
Understanding kenosis (III) : The third wave and its commitments
Critiquing kenosis : Insights from transformation theology
Refocusing kenosis (I) : Framing Christological attentiveness
Refocusing kenosis (II) : Christ in a transformed key
Renovating kenosis : The kenotic Christology of Jürgen Moltmann
Transforming kenosis (I) : What does the kenotic Christ accomplish
Transforming kenosis (II) : Where is the kenotic Christ
Transforming kenosis (III) : What does the kenotic Christ make possible.