The Historical Christ and the Jesus of Faith The Incarnational Narrative as History
- Oxford Oxford University Press 2004
- 386p
includes index and biblioraphy
The Incarnational Narrative and the Problem of Its Historicity ..........1 Modernity`s Responses to the Problem ............27 Why the Events Matter: I. History, Meaning, and Myth.........47 Why the Events Matter: II. God`s Atoning work .........80 Awareness of the Narrative: Do we need to know ...........98 Is the Incarnation logically possible .......116 Miracles: Their Possibility and Knowability ......137 Critical History and the supernatural ......170 Epistemology and the Ethics of Belief ..........203 The Incarnational Narrative as Historical : Evidence for Belief ........231 The Incarnational Narrative as Historical : Grounds for Belief........259 Putting the two stories together ........283 Historical Scholarship and the Layperson : A case Study ..........302 Conclusions: Deeper Encounters with Historical Scholarship and Prospects for apologetics ..........321