A Kryptic Model of the Incarnation

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Synopsis

The Incarnation, traditionally understood as the metaphysical union between true divinity and true humanity in the one person of Jesus Christ, is one of the central doctrines for Christians over the centuries. Nevertheless, many scholars have objected that the Scriptural account of the Incarnation is incoherent. Being divine seems to entail being omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent, but the New Testament portrays Jesus as having human properties such as being apparently limited in knowledge, power, and presence. It seems logically impossible that any single individual could possess such mutually exclusive sets of properties, and this leads to scepticism concerning the occurrence of the Incarnation in history. A Kryptic Model of the Incarnation aims to provide a critical reflection of various attempts to answer these challenges and to offer a compelling response integrating aspects from analytic philosophy of religion, systematic theology, and historical-critical studies. Loke develops a new Kryptic model of the Incarnation, drawing from the Greek word Krypsis meaning ’hiding’, and proposing that in a certain sense Christ’s supernatural properties were concealed during the Incarnation.

Book details

Series:
Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies
Author:
Andrew Ter Loke
ISBN:
9781317187714
Related ISBNs:
9781315564876, 9781472445735, 9781138081789
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
200
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2022-07-09
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2014
Copyright by:
Andrew Ter Loke 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality