GOD INCARNATE

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Oliver D. Crisp is Professor of Analytic Theology and Director of the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology at the University of St Andrews UK.Tackles central themes in the doctrine of the incarnation that are the subject of current discussion in theological literature.It could also be a reference work for a wide range of courses on philosophical theology systematic theology and historical theology.Userfriendly format that makes this ideal as a course textbook.The doctrine of the incarnation is one of the central and defining dogmas of the Christian faith. In this text Oliver Crisp builds upon his previous work Divinity and Humanity: The Incarnation Reconsidered (Cambridge 2007). In God Incarnate he explores the Incarnation further and covers issues he did not deal with in his previous book. This work attempts to further the project of setting out a coherent account of the Incarnation by considering key facets of this doctrine as parts of a larger integrated doctrinal whole. Throughout he is concerned to develop a position in line with historic Christianity that is catholic and ecumenical in tone in line with the contours of the Reformed theological tradition within which his own work falls. And like its predecessor this book will draw upon philosophical and theological resources to make sense of the problems the doctrine faces.Oliver Crisp examines the doctrine of the incarnation as one of the central and defining dogmas of the Christian faith.Introduction1.Method in Christology 2.The election of Jesus Christ 3.The preexistence of Christ 4.The fittingness of the Virgin Birth 5.Christ and the embryo 6.Was Christ sinless or impeccable? 7.Materialist Christology 8.Multiple IncarnationsAfterword BibliographyIndexThose who are less than enthusiastic about the revival of analytic theology ought to look to Crisps work as an exemplar for the discipline and direct their concerns to the fruit of the discipline rather than themethod itself. In Crisps work they will find tight arguments concern for scripture and tradition and a respectable coherence. God Incarnate while successful on its own terms can be viewed as a guidebook for further explorations in analytic theology. James Gordon Docent Research Group Austin TX 78755 USACrisp presents a thorough analysis of traditional doctrine in accessible terms. Thus this book is truly an analytic theology... I would recommend this text to academics and students alike.All of these essays are thoughtprovoking even if one does not agree with all he says... Crisp writes with great clarity and persuasiveness... [His] work demonstrates that analytic discipline can restore both lucidity and precision to the theological endeavor.In this rigorously systematic monograph Oliver Crisp builds on his 2007 work Divinity and Humanity: The Incarnation Reconsidered to showcase the merits of analytic theology True to its epistemological commitments God In

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