Christ and the other : in dialogue with Hick and Newbigin / Graham Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Graham, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Person and offices.

Jesus Christ.

Hick, John, 1922-2012.

Hick, John.

Newbigin, Lesslie.

Christianity--Philosophy.

Christianity.

Christianity and other religions.

Communities--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Communities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How should we relate to 'others' - those within a particular tradition, those of different traditions, and those who are oppressed? In the light of these anxieties, this book offers a vision, rooted in community with others and building on the work of Andrew Shanks, of Christ as 'the Shaken One'. Shaped through dialogue with the theologies of John Hick and Leslie Newbigin, Adams urges Christian communities to attend more deeply to the demands of ecumenical, dialogical and political theologies, to build an ever greater 'solidarity of others' - a quality of community better demonstrating Christl

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Why Christ and the Other?; 2 The Christology of John Hick: Partially Shaken; 3 The Christology of Newbigin:Partially Shaken; 4 An Alternative Vision: Biblically Shaken; 5 The Shaken One and the Other Within; 6 The Shaken One and the Other Beyond; 7 The Shaken One and the Invisible Other; 8 Conclusions and Recommendations; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-95188-2

1-315-26038-7

1-282-77391-7

9786612773914

0-7546-9878-5

9781315260389

OCLC:

690102586