Imaginary Christs: The Challenge of Christological PluralismSUNY Press, 10.08.2000 - 131 Seiten What should those attracted to the figure of Jesus Christ make of all the different Christs available to them? Amidst today's pluralism, we encounter Christ as liberator, the cosmic Christ, feminist Christs, Black Christs, Christ as the object of mystical longing, and various New Age versions of Christ, to name but a few. Imaginary Christs discusses the challenges arising from christological pluralism and suggests evaluative criteria for sorting through this abundance of competing Christs without falling into either a narrow dogmatism, on the one hand, or an uncritical relativism, on the other. With an eye to the pluralism that has always been part of the Christian tradition, the book investigates the benefits of confronting the Christs of White American churches with Black Christs. It poses important questions about the future of pluralistic christological consciousness, exploring the possibilities of devoting oneself to several genuinely different Christs and the possibilities of combining commitment to the Christ with commitment to another venerable religious figure, such as the Buddha. |
Inhalt
Historical Jesuses and Imaginary Christs | 1 |
Tradition and Subtraditions | 21 |
ChristTesting | 41 |
Black Christs | 77 |
My Christ Other Christs and the Buddha Toward a New Christological Consciousness? | 97 |
NOTES | 105 |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | 125 |
129 | |
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Imaginary Christs: The Challenge of Christological Pluralism Richard Grigg Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2000 |
Imaginary Christs: The Challenge of Christological Pluralism Richard Grigg Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2000 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
act back African American approach attempt basic beliefs black Christs black theology Buddha Buddhist category mistake Catholic chapter Chris Christ or Christs Christ-testing Christian faith Christian tradition christological pluralism Christs of faith church claim that Christ classism concept concrete Cone and Grant consciousness contemporary Christianity cosmic Christ criteria criterion culture different Christs divine embrace example fact feminist finite genuine Christs Gospel grasp historical Jesus human Ibid identity imaginary Christs imaginative construction incarnate individual interpretation issue James Cone Jefferson Jesus Christ Jesus of history Jesus of Nazareth John Kaufman larger Christian larger tradition liberation theology Lindbeck means modern Nicea nonprovidential Christs notion one's oppressed paradox particular Paul Tillich persons Plantinga pluralistic possible present providential Christs racism reality redeemer religion response revelation sense sexism simply society subtraditions suggests symbol Testament theologians thinkers tion tradition's transcendence translated University version of Christ white American white Christs words York
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