Analytic Christology and the Theological Interpretation of the New Testament

by Thomas H. McCall

Overview

This study draws upon the resources of both contemporary analytic theology and the theological interpretation of the New Testament in order to investigate a set of important issues in Christology. It is the first work in analytic Christology to draw upon both recent scholarship in biblical studies and recent contributions to analytic philosophy and theology. Thomas H. McCall explores the themes of union with Christ and the faith of Christ as these are developed by the "apocalyptic" and "New Perspective" interpreters of Pauline theology. The volume offers a careful analysis of recent dogmatic proposals about the identity of Christ and the doctrine of election, and provides an examination of debates over the subordination of the Son in Hebrews. It also probes the relationship of the incarnate Son to his Father in Johannine theology. McCall presents an exegetically-grounded theological engagement with recent work on the place of logic in the doctrine of the incarnation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192599452
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	03/04/2021
Series:	Oxford Studies in Analytic Theology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	936 KB

About the Author

Thomas H. McCall is Professor of Theology and Scholar-in-Residence at Asbury University. He previously served as Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he was also the Director of the Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding, and as Professorial Fellow in Exegetical and Analytic Theology at the University of St Andrews. He has published several monographs and articles in systematic, historical, and philosophical theology.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Crucified with Christ: The Ego and the Omega
2. The Faith of the Son: Pistis Christou Reconsidered
3. The Identity of the Son: The Incarnation and the Freedom of God
4. The Submission of Christ
5. The Communion of the Son with the Father
6. The Logos and His Logic
Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

"readers of McCall's book will find much to engage and several potentially new ways to think about New Testament passages, Christology, and the task of theology" — Christopher T. Holmes, Review of Biblical Literature

"THIS is an interesting study, an instance of what McCall deems 'soft analytic theology'...it is very nice to see a monograph devoted to perennial issues in Christology." — Christopher R J Holmes, The Journal of Theological Studies

"McCall's book is exceptional for its thorough engagement with key christological issues and for being, certainly by academic standards, well written ... Theologians of any stripe — that is, not just those with analytic proclivities — will find McCall's work both engaging and helpful." — Derek King, International Journal of Systematic Theology

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