John Macquarrie's Post-Enlightenment Christology
John Macquarrie's Christology is written in particular for those whose religious consciousness has been marked by the scepticism that has been such a characteristic of post-Enlightenment thought. He believes that the task of Christology is to make sense of Christ within the constraining framewo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2008, Volume: 73, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 282-293 |
| Further subjects: | B
J. D. G. Dunn
B Pre-existence B F. D. E. Schleiermacher B post-existence B post-Enlightenment B Adam Christology |
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| Summary: | John Macquarrie's Christology is written in particular for those whose religious consciousness has been marked by the scepticism that has been such a characteristic of post-Enlightenment thought. He believes that the task of Christology is to make sense of Christ within the constraining framework of modern thought. Following Schleiermacher, he insists that Jesus differs in degree not kind from other human beings. Christ's personal pre-existence is to be set aside since it serves to undermine the full humanity of Christ, and his post-existence must be reduced in its scope and meaning. In line with the controversial thesis of J. D. G. Dunn, those passages in Paul normally associated with pre-existence are reinterpreted by Macquarrie as examples of `Adam Christology.' This article touches on the chorus of criticism that Dunn's theory has generated and wonders why Macquarrie has not paid more attention to it. It argues that the post-Enlightenment framework favoured by Macquarrie is too narrow for a complete Christology to emerge. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0021140008095439 |