Exploring Kenotic Christology: The Self-Emptying of God (Hardcover)

~ C. Stephen Evans (Editor)

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This book, written by a team of Christian philosophers, theologians, and biblical scholars, explores the viability of a kenotic account of the incarnation. It is an attempt to make sense of the traditional Christian claim that Jesus of Nazareth was both human and divine by developing the idea that to become human God the Son temporarily emptied himself of some of his divine attributes. Such a view of Jesus does full justice to the very human portraits of him found in the gospels, and it shows the depths of a divine love that is willing fully to embrace the human condition.

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C. Stephen Evans is University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Baylor University.

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• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (July 13, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199283222
• ISBN-13: 978-0199283224
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,806,352 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Table of Contents (from the publisher's website), April 7, 2008

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Understanding Jesus the Christ as Human and Divine, C. Stephen Evans
2. The New Testament and Kenosis Christology, Gordon D. Fee
3. The Odyssey of Christ: A Novel Context for Philippians 2:6-11, Bruce N. Fisk
4. Nineteenth-Century Kenotic Christology: The Waxing, Waning, and Weighing of a Quest for a Coherent Orthodoxy, Thomas R. Thompson
5. Is Kenosis Orthodox?, Stephen T. Davis
6. A Kenotic Christological Method for Understanding the Divine Attributes, Ronald J. Feenstra
7. Trinity and Kenosis, Thomas R. Thompson and Cornelius Plantinga, Jr
8. Kenotic Christology and the Nature of God, C. Stephen Evans
9. 'He descended into hell': The Depths of God's Self-Emptying Love on Holy Saturday in the Thought of Hans Urs von Balthasar, Edward T. Oakes, SJ
10. Does Kenosis Rest on a Mistake? Three Kenotic Models in Patristic Exegesis, Sarah Coakley
11. The Logic of Assumption, Edwin Chr. van Driel
12. Kenosis and Feminist Theory, Ruth Groenhout
13. Conclusion: The Promise of Kenosis, Stephen T. Davis and C. Stephen Evans