Christological dogmatics : a theological witness to the person and work of Christ / D. Glenn Butner Jr.

Author/creator Butner, D. Glenn, 1989- author.
Format Book
PublicationGrand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2026]
Copyright Date©2026
Descriptionxii, 347 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : Dogmatics and Christian proclamation ; Developing a Christological dogmatics ; The method and structure of Christological dogmatics -- Incarnation : Kenosis : Gottfried Thomasius and Kenoticism ; Variety in theories of Kenosis. The assumption of humanity : The virginal conception ; Christ's enhypostatic human nature ; Spirit Christology and the assumption of humanity. Dogmatic definition of the doctrine of the incarnation ; Implications of the doctrine of the incarnation : Incarnation and the value of life ; Kenosis and Christian ethics ; Incarnation and the visual representation of the Son -- Recapitulation : Recapitulation in Irenaeus of Lyons ; Jesus the New Adam : Second-Adam Christology ; The doctrine of original sin ; Theories of Adamic headship in Christian tradition ; Eastern orthodox and feminist hesitation. Dogmatic summary ; Recapitulation in modern contexts : Modern criticism of recapitulation ; Recapitulation in Robert Clarence Lawson ; African brother ancestor Christology -- Two natures : Fully divine : Divinity and the meaning of the New Testament ; The quest for the historical Jesus and full deity ; Ontological categories and New Testament Christology. Fully human : Apollinarianism and Nazianzus's rule ; Leontius of Byzantium and Aphthartodocetism ; Impeccability, fallen humanity, and the sinlessness of Christ. Partitive exegesis and the two natures -- Moral exemplar : Jesus as prophetic interpreter of the Law ; The two greatest commandments ; Jesus's proclamation of the Kingdom ; Table fellowship ; Jesus and virtue ethics ; Virtue ethics and the Lord's Supper -- One hypostasis : One person or hypostasis ; Explaining the one hypostasis of the incarnate Son : The singularity criterion ; The Trinitarian compatibility criterion ; The relationality criterion ; The unity criterion ; The dissimilarity criterion -- Union with Christ : Jesus and the gift of the Spirit : The baptism of Christ ; Jesus as the Spirit Baptizer ; Aimee Semple McPherson. Theosis : The Transfiguration ; Jesus and Theosis ; Gregory Palamas. Union with Christ : Jesus's farewell discourse ; Union with Christ ; Girolamo Zanchi. Dogmatic Summary -- Dyothelitism : The dogmatic basis for dyothelitism : Seventh-century debates and the third council of Constantinople ; Two medieval theories of the Son's incarnate action ; Contemporary evangelical objections to Dyothelitism. Considering problem texts -- Satisfaction : Jesus the Priest and Sacrifice ; The satisfaction theory of atonement : Substitution in Scripture ; Anselm's satisfaction theory ; Satisfaction theory in Protestant theology. Objections to satisfaction theory : Is Anselm's theory of justice merely feudalism? ; Why could God not simply forgive? ; Does satisfaction atonement foster injustice?. God's wrath, the cross, and the Trinity ; The hypostatic union and the cross ; Dogmatic summary -- Christus Victor : Christus Victor atonement ; Jesus and evil spirits ; The doctrine of the descent : Is the descent in Scripture? ; The descent in the canonical context ; The dogmatic function of the descent. The resurrection in Scripture : The resurrection as historical event ; Resurrected bodies: continuity and discontinuity. The resurrection in dogmatic theology : Christology and resurrection ; Trinity and resurrection. Victory in descent and resurrection : A victorious afterlife ; Victory over sin and corruptibility ; Victory over Satan. Resurrection and moral theology -- Ascension and second coming : The ascended Christ's prophetic, priestly, and kingly offices -- The manner of Christ's presence after the ascension : Reformation-era eucharistic debates and the ascension ; A dogmatic analysis of Christ's postascension presence. Christ's session ; The second coming of Christ ; Christological exegesis and inaugurated eschatology : The second coming and hope ; The judged one who judges ; The second coming and victory over sin ; The second coming and the new creation ; The second coming and evangelism.
Abstract "Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, including biblical studies, historical theology, and systematic theology, this book provides a synchronic account of the person and work of Christ"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2025022437
ISBN9781540967510
ISBN1540967514 paperback
ISBN9781540969965 hardcover
ISBN1540969967 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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