God the Revealed: Christology

by Michael Welker

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 2013

Overview

“God revealed himself in Jesus Christ!” Christian faith has confessed and proclaimed this message for nearly two thousand years. But what does it really mean? In God the Revealed, Michael Welker delves into this declaration and shows how it offers genuine insight into Christian faith. He asks “Who is Jesus Christ for us today?” and approaches the answer from five different angles—the historical Jesus, the Resurrection, the Cross, the reign of Christ, and eschatology. Uniquely, Welker argues for the need to place historical Jesus research in a Christology and proposes a “Fourth Quest” for the historical Jesus.

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Key Features

• Explores the declaration “God revealed himself in Jesus Christ!”
• Shows how the Christian declaration offers genuine insight into Christian faith
• Argues for the need to place historical Jesus research in a Christology

Contents

• “Who Is Jesus Christ for Us Today?”
• The Historical Jesus
• The Resurrection
• The Cross
• The Exalted Christ and His Reign
• Truly God –Truly Human

Praise for the Print Edition

There is nothing available that can be quite compared to this wide-ranging study, rethinking the presence of the living Christ in the light of current debates on the resurrection, cross, and office of the historical Jesus. Given Michael Welker’s international repute, this translation will certainly be studied and discussed in many classrooms throughout the world.

—Dirk J. Smit, professor, University of Stellenbosch

Welker helps make Jesus Christ come alive for us today by tackling the many theological challenges that obstruct recognition of God in our midst. In the process he offers a wonderfully complex account of our encounter with God in Christ in all its polyphonic and multidimensional reality. A compelling and wise book.

—Kathryn Tanner, Frederick Marquand Professor of Systematic Theology, Yale Divinity School

After several books about the Holy Spirit and the creation, Michael Welker here presents a systematic Christology. He builds bridges between classical and contemporary issues, offering new insights on revelation, the cross, the resurrection, and the reign of the exalted Christ. Welker’s multicontextual perspective will inform and inspire Christians from all denominations.

—Risto Saarinen, professor of ecumenics, University of Helsinki

Product Details

• Title: God the Revealed: Christology
• Author: Michael Welker
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Publication Date: 2013
• Pages: 346
• Christian Group: Evangelicals
• Resource Type: Topical
• Topic: Theology

About Michael Welker

Michael Welker is a German Protestant theologian and professor of Systematic theology. Biblical Theology and “general theory” are the main focus of his research. He reached a wider audience with publications about the Spirit of God, creation (especially in dialog with the sciences), the role of the church in pluralistic societies, resurrection and the Protestant view of the Lord’s Supper, but also his work related to A. N. Whitehead and process theology, to Luhmann and systems theory.