Table of Contents
Foreword Harvey Cox ix
Introduction xiii
1 What does it mean for Unitarian Universalists to talk about the living Christ? 1
2 Who was and is Jesus, really? 15
3 The birth story: Why put Christ in Christmas? 31
4 What's in the Trinity for us as Unitarians? 51
5 What significance can we find in crucifixion? 67
6 What could Christ's resurrection mean to Unitarian Universalists? 83
7 What can we do with Jesus Christ's miracles? 101
8 What does it mean to be saved? (And is salvation universal?) 109
9 How can we deal with Jesus Christ as the way, truth, and life? 127
10 What's really left of Christianity in the face of Unitarian Universalist rationality and doubt? 145
11 Could Unitarian Universalists adopt Martin Luther King Jr.'s understanding of Christ? 155
12 How can Christ help us in our social justice efforts? 163
13 How might we talk to evangelical Christians about Christ? 181
14 What can we say to people of other religions (or none) about Christ? 199
Conclusion 221
Sources of Epigraphs 225
Notes 227
Index 261