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Introducing reason into "revelation",
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This review is from: Myth of God Incarnate (Paperback)
A seminal work which provoked extensive controversy when first published. It was seen then as a very heretical document , challenging the foundations of Christianity. As indeed it did, and does. The premise is that dogma is not immune from criticism, that a person's intellect does not need to be checked at the entrance to church. The work contains essays by eminent members of the Oxford theological community.
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BEFORE THERE WAS THE JESUS SEMINAR, THERE WAS THIS BOOK,
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The Myth of God Incarnate is a 1977 book edited by John Hick (author of many books of progressive theology; e.g., Who or What Is God? And Other Investigations, and John Hick: An Autobiography). This book includes ten essays by Hick and others (including Don Cupitt, author of Postmodern/"Emerging Church" books such as Taking Leave of God (scm classics)).The Preface states, "The writers of this book are convinced that another major theological development is called for in this last part of the twentieth century. The need arises from growing knowledge of Christian origins, and involves a recognition that Jesus was ... 'a man approved by God' for a special role within the divine purpose, and that the later conception of him as God incarnate ... is a mythological or poetic way of expressing his significance for us." It adds, "It the course of writing this book we have met together for discussion five times during the last three years, and we now offer the results in the hope they will stimulate a wider discussion both inside and outside the churches." Michael Goulder writes, "Even in Philippians, Paul's last letter, there seems to be a wavering in the logic. Christ Jesus was in the form of God and emptied himself, being born; and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross; therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name. But if he was in the form of God, did he not have the name which is above every name from the beginning? It looks as if a landing christology has been prefixed to, and not quite assimilated to, a take-off christology." (pg. 78-79) Cupitt closes on the note, "How can we depend upon the uncertainties of historical tradition for our knowledge of, and our power to attain, a history-transcending truth? Here the doctrine of Christ and the doctrine of man coincide; for this is not just A problem, but the human condition itself." The controversy following the publication of this book prompted a 1979 sequel (Incarnation and myth: The debate continued), as well as several critical volumes (e.g., The Truth of God Incarnate Christian paperbacks), God Incarnate: Meeting the Contemporary Challenges to a Classic Christian Doctrine, and The Myth/truth of god incarnate: The tenth national conference of Trinity Institute).
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An unfortunate effort,
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This review is from: Myth of God Incarnate (Paperback)
The premise of this book is based on human reason rather than the Scriptures and that is seen throughout. That the authors cannot understand a mystery clearly presented in the Bible does not make it true, it only means that their eyes of their hearts remain dark to the things of Christ.For example, and I bring it up only because another reviewer did, Philippians 2 does not argue for the fact that Jesus was not God. In fact it says precisely the opposite. It says very plainly that He was God and had the right to remain that way but chose to give up His privilege since it was the only way to reconcile sinful mankind to a perfectly holy Godhead. Unfortunately this is what happens when people think they are smarter than the Lord God Almighty and believe that everything worth knowing can be perfectly figured out. The book is not without merits at all, but should certainly be read in conjunction with something that argues the opposite point clearly since it is undoubtedly complicated to see how Jesus could have been 100% God and 100% man (which is precisely what the Scriptures present Him to be). http://www.amazon.com/Truth-God-incarnate-Michael-Green/dp/0802817262/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
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