The introduction outlines the framework of The Oxford Handbook of Christology. This volume offers a comprehensive approach towards the theological study of the nature and role of Jesus Christ.
It is divided into seven sections, which bring together the latest research in biblical, patristic, mediaeval, Reformation, and systematic Christology.
The Handbook concludes with sections concerning Christology and the arts and Christological norms.
This volume provides an invaluable resource and reference for scholars, students, and general readers interested in the study of Christology.
The book highlights the constants of Christian thought about Jesus Christ over the past two millennia and simultaneously it makes for extensive exploration of the particular challenges of Christological beliefs in each century.
Faith in the divinity of Christ and in the work which this divinity enables him to achieve is the uniting feature of all Christian faith.
Keywords: Christ, Christology, Christian thought, faith, divinity THREE years ago, the editor of this volume wrote to thirty-nine or forty scholars inviting them to write for a handbook on Christology which, she opined with naïve optimism, could be a classic work on the topic, to which theology students and their teachers would refer for half a century to come.
You are holding the book which she wanted to see in your hand.
The professors gave generously of their scholarship, and brought it off. This is indeed a classic, comprehensive textbook on Christology whose value will be evident for many decades to come.
Handbooks are made to be used, not merely contemplated for pleasure. This handbook is in one sense no exception.
