Interim Report on the Books Jesus and Christ (#08 in Schillebeeckx Collected Works Series)
Edward Schillebeeckx, Mary Catherine HilkertHardback 2013-11-14
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Asa result of the publication of*Jesus. AnExperiment in Christology**(volume 6) andChrist. The Christian Experience in the Modern World(volume 7), Schillebeeckxwas accused of denying the divinity of Jesus and the resurrection as objectivereality. In this 'interim report' he responds to these criticisms.Schillebeeckx argues that the interpretation of his publicationsdepends to a large extent on what the reader takes as a starting point.*** Thisbook, therefore, is about presuppositions and methods of interpretation. Schillebeeckxbegins by looking once again at the nature of revelation, at the ways in whichreligious faith is experienced and expressed in the modern world, and atsources of authority. He then discusses specific criticisms. Can he be called a**neo-liberal? Does he devalue the church's tradition? Is his Christology inadequate?**What does he really believe concerning the resurrection? Then, towards the end,in some poetically powerful passages, he turns once again to the nature of the Kingdomof God, creation and salvation.
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Publisher Description
Asa result of the publication of*Jesus. AnExperiment in Christology**(volume 6) andChrist. The Christian Experience in the Modern World(volume 7), Schillebeeckxwas accused of denying the divinity of Jesus and the resurrection as objectivereality. In this 'interim report' he responds to these criticisms.Schillebeeckx argues that the interpretation of his publicationsdepends to a large extent on what the reader takes as a starting point.*** Thisbook, therefore, is about presuppositions and methods of interpretation. Schillebeeckxbegins by looking once again at the nature of revelation, at the ways in whichreligious faith is experienced and expressed in the modern world, and atsources of authority. He then discusses specific criticisms. Can he be called a**neo-liberal? Does he devalue the church's tradition? Is his Christology inadequate?**What does he really believe concerning the resurrection? Then, towards the end,in some poetically powerful passages, he turns once again to the nature of the Kingdomof God, creation and salvation.