Why Jesus Matters
- Philadelphia Westminister John Knox Press 2011
- 152p
includes index and biblioraphy
Chapter 1: Does Christ Matter? 1 Could There Be a Church without Christ? 1 Who Is Jesus Christ for Us Today? 3 Is Jesus Christ the Center of Christian Faith? 7 Is Jesus God? 10 Why Do Christians Call Jesus "Savior"? 13 "What Have You to Do with Us, Jesus of Nazareth?" 16 What Does Jesus Have to Do with the Church? 19 Chapter 2: Who Was Jesus, Really? 23 Does the Bible Tell Us Who Jesus Really Was? 24 Was Jesus Jewish? 31 How Does the New Testament Identify Jesus? 35 Who Is Jesus in the Stories of the Gospels? 40 Chapter 3: How Is Jesus "Savior" ? 49 What Do People Want from Jesus? 51 Is Jesus a Prophet? 56 How Does Jesus Save? 62 Why Do Christians Call Jesus "Lord"? 71 Chapter 4: What Did the Early Christians Believe about Jesus? 79 Why Do Christians Write Creeds about Jesus? 80 What Did the Early Church Believe about Jesus? 83 Why Do Some Christians Now Find Classical Christology Inadequate? 94 Chapter 5: What Are People Today Saying about Jesus? 101 What Are Theologians Today Saying about Jesus? 101 What Is Jesus` Perfect God-Consciousness? 102 How Have Theologians Reinterpreted Redemption? 105 What Is Liberation Christology? 108 What Do Theologians Do with an Apocalyptic Jesus? Ill Is a Male Christ Relevant to Women? 116 What Is Narrative Christology? 120 Chapter 6: Who Is Jesus Christ in a Pluralistic World? 129 What Challenges Does Today`s World Pose for Christian Faith? 129 What Do These Global Changes Mean for Christology? 132 How Are Christians outside the West Contextualizing Jesus? 136 Who Is Jesus in Relation to the World`s Religions? 140 Who Is Jesus Christ in a Pluralist, Postmodern World? 147