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Jesus and Creativity

  • ISBN-13: 9780800696344
  • Publisher: AUGSBURG FORTRESS PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: FORTRESS PRESS
  • By Gordon D. Kaufman
  • Price: AUD $38.99
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  • Local release date: 27/07/2009
  • Format: Paperback (216.00mm X 140.00mm) 160 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Christian theology [HRCM]
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The lively interest today in the historical figure of Jesus is rarely matched by theological advances in understanding his person and significance for our own time and worldview. Gordon Kaufman takes up this challenge in this bold, speculative work. Despite the fabled difficulties of traditional Christological terms,Kaufman seeks to re-envision the symbol of Jesus within the contemporary scientific worldview. Building on his notion of God as simply creativity, he here locates the meaning of Jesus' salvific story within an evolving universe and a threatened planet. Outside the dualistic categories of the biblical worldview, he finds, the enormously creative and influential figure of the historic Jesus can play a vital role in the emergence and development of the cosmos and human history. Within that role, he argues, Jesus, his relation to God, and his centrality to Christian faith become clearer and our own lives and actions take on a new meaning.
Gordon D. Kaufman was Professor of Theology Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School. His many important theological works include his Essay on Theological Method (1975), In Face of Mystery (1993), and God - Mystery - Diversity (Fortress Press, 1996).
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