A scandalous Jesus : how three historic quests changed theology for the better / Joseph A. Bessler. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bessler, Joseph A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Historicity.

Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 259 pages ) portrait ;

Edition:

First [edition].

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Polebridge Press 2013

Language Note:

English

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-59815-123-1