Christology: A Guide for the Perplexed

Dr Alan J. Spence has been a teacher in Harare, an evangelist in the South African townships, a human rights advocate in Zimbabwe and Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa. He is now a minister in the United Reformed Church in Nottingham, UK.

• INTRODUCTION CLASSICAL CHRISTOLOGY THE PARADOX INCARNATION ATHANASIUS AND THE ARIANS THE HUMAN MIND OF THE WORD OF GOD DIVINE AND HUMAN WILLING IN CHRIST JESUS AND THE SPIRIT MODERN CHRISTOLOGY THE SOCINIAN CHALLENGE TO NICEA IN SEARCH OF THE HISTORICAL JESUS A THEOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE THE CHRIST OF FAITH AND THE JESUS OF HISTORY THE DOCTRINE OF THE WORD OF GOD RESURRECTION AS REVELATION CONCLUSION AN ECUMENICAL CHRISTOLOGY

'This admirably lucid book fills an extremely important gap in the theological market, offering a historical and conceptual introduction to classical and modern Christology. While allowing it to speak for itself, Spence weaves the material into a sensitive meta-narrative, thus offering a coherent and digestible account of the development of Christology. In doing so he brings conceptual clarity to the conundrums encountered along the way, and above all highlights what exactly was at stake at each stage.'