Passions of the Christ: The Emotional Life of Jesus in the Gospels

by F. Scott Spencer

Publisher:

Baker Academic

, 2021

Overview

Senior New Testament scholar F. Scott Spencer focuses on a neglected area in the study of Jesus and the Gospels: the emotional life of Jesus. This book offers a fresh reading of the Gospels through the lens of Jesus’s emotions—anger, grief, disgust, surprise, compassion, and joy. These emotions motivated Jesus’s mission and reveal to Gospel readers what mattered most to him. Amid his passions, Jesus forged his character as God’s incarnate Messiah, wholly embodied and emotionally engaged with others and thoroughly embedded in the surrounding environment.

Contents

Part 1 Mission Im/passible: Theory and Theology

• Emotion Theory and the Passional Christ
• The Pathos Logic of Theology and Christology

Part 2: The Virtue of Jesus’s Vehement Emotions

• That’s Enough! The Angry Jesus
• That’s Heart Rending! The Anguished Jesus in Ministry
• That’s Soul Crushing! The Anguished Jesus at the End
• That’s Gross! The Disgusted Jesus

Part 3: The Power of Jesus’s Positive Emotions

• That’s Amazing! The Surprised Jesus
• What’s Love Got to Do with It? The Compassionate Jesus and Pastoral Ministry
• What’s Love God to Do With It? The Compassionate Jesus and Discipleship
• That’s Good! The Joyous Jesus
• Epilogue: Final Thoughts on Jesus’s Feelings
• Indexes

Product Details

• Title: Passions of the Christ: The Emotional Life of Jesus in the Gospels
• Author: F. Scott Spencer
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Logos Release Date: 2021
• Pages: 320
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Emotions › Religious aspects--Christianity; Jesus Christ
• ISBNs: 9781493429509, 9781540961761, 9781540964465, 9781493429486, 1493429507, 1540961761, 1540964469, 1493429485
• Resource ID: LLS:PSSNSCHRSTGSPLS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:29:17Z

About F. Scott Spencer

F. Scott Spencer (PhD, University of Durham) has served as professor of religion at Wingate University (NC) and professor of New Testament and biblical interpretation at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (VA). He has authored numerous books and articles, including commentaries on Luke, Acts, and the Song of Songs. He has enjoyed acting in seminary, university, and community theater, including productions of Shadowlands, God’s Favorite, Godspell, and Cotton Patch Gospel.