Who Do You Say I Am?: On the Humanity of Jesus

by George Kalantzis (Editor), David B. Capes (Editor), Ty Kieser (Editor)

Overview

Human existence is a bodily existence. A first principle of historic Christianity has been that Jesus assumed our humanity and everything essential to it in order that God may redeem all of our existence. Christ is the revelation of God and the revelation of true humanity. As we seek to understand our embodied experiences of the world and one another we do so in light of the embodied life of Jesus Christ. Jesus's humanity shows us what it means to live an embodied human life rightly and how we, as embodied human beings, can relate to the world around us. In this book we invite readers to explore with us why the humanity of Jesus is central to the Christian understanding of community, society, salvation, and life with God. Over the span of these ten chapters this book draws from biblical, historic, and cultural discussions as it enters into the breadth of the significance of the humanity of Jesus and explores how the reality of the Incarnation challenges and redeems our broken social structures, racial and ethnic divisions, economic systems, and sexuality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725262942
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	03/06/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	204
File size:	22 MB
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About the Author

George Kalantzis is Professor of Theology and Director of The Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies at Wheaton College. He is author and editor of a number of works, including Caesar and the Lamb: Early Christian Attitudes on War and Military Service.



David B. Capes is Senior Research Fellow and former Dean of Biblical & Theological Studies and Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. His recent publications on Jesus in the New Testament include The Divine Christ: Paul, the Lord Jesus, and the Scriptures of Israel.



Ty Kieser is Guest Assistant Professor at Wheaton College. His research focuses on divine and human agency in christological operations and the theology of John Owen.



George Kalantzis is Professor of Theology and Director of The Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies at Wheaton College. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Caesar and the Lamb: Early Christian Attitudes on War and Military Service.

David B. Capes is Dean of the Graduate School and Director of the School of Theology at Houston Baptist University. He has authored a number of books including Old Testament Yahweh Texts in Paul's Christology (1992) and Rediscovering Paul (2007).

What People are Saying About This

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“Christians for centuries have been convinced that it matters greatly that Jesus is both divine and human. But just what, more precisely, does it mean to say that the eternal and divine Son is also human? How should we think about the humanity of Christ? What difference might it make? These well-informed and articulate essays address fascinating issues, and the book provides guidance for future reflection on the meaning of Christ’s humanity.”

—Thomas McCall, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School



“Now well into the twenty-first century, we face the temptation to live our whole lives ‘in the cloud’ of social media and online entertainment and work. The Christian doctrine of the Incarnation, the humanity of Jesus, has the possibility of helping us re-claim our own embodiment for the good of self and community. Who Do You Say I Am? is not just helpful readings about Jesus, but also an important set of reflections on human life in the world. Here is a powerful antidote to over-spiritualized versions of Christian faith.”

—Nijay Gupta, Portland Seminary



“Too easily, even believers become almost agnostic about God. We prefer to keep things amorphous, universal, esoterically spiritual—because we fear the fleshly love that meets us on the cross. The deeply moving and inspiring essays in this volume invite us to see and touch and hear Jesus Christ again.”

—Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary

Editorial Reviews

Christians for centuries have been convinced that it matters greatly that Jesus is both divine and human. But just what, more precisely, does it mean to say that the eternal and divine Son is also human? How should we think about the humanity of Christ? What difference might it make? These well-informed and articulate essays address fascinating issues, and the book provides guidance for future reflection on the meaning of Christ’s humanity.”

—Thomas McCall, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School



“Now well into the twenty-first century, we face the temptation to live our whole lives ‘in the cloud’ of social media and online entertainment and work. The Christian doctrine of the Incarnation, the humanity of Jesus, has the possibility of helping us re-claim our own embodiment for the good of self and community. Who Do You Say I Am? is not just helpful readings about Jesus, but also an important set of reflections on human life in the world. Here is a powerful antidote to over-spiritualized versions of Christian faith.”

—Nijay Gupta, Portland Seminary



“Too easily, even believers become almost agnostic about God. We prefer to keep things amorphous, universal, esoterically spiritual—because we fear the fleshly love that meets us on the cross. The deeply moving and inspiring essays in this volume invite us to see and touch and hear Jesus Christ again.”

—Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary

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