In this groundbreaking work, John Hick refutes the traditional Christian understanding of Jesus of Nazareth. According to Hick, Jesus did not teach what was to become the orthodox understanding of him: that he was God incarnate who became human to die for the sins of the world. Further, the traditional dogma of Jesus' two natures--human and divine--cannot be explained satisfactorily, and worse, it has been used to justify great human evils. Thus, the divine incarnation, he explains, is best understood metaphorically. Nevertheless, he concludes that Christians can still understand Jesus as Lord and the one who has made God real to us. This second edition includes new chapters on the Christologies of Anglican theologian John Macquarrie and Catholic theologian Roger Haight, SJ.
- ISBN10 0664255035
- ISBN13 9780664255039
- Publish Date 1 January 1993
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 14 December 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 192
- Language English