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Christology As Narrative Quest (Zacchaeus Studies: Theology),Used
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How central is narrative to Christology? To human experience?In exploring these questions Michal Cook maintains in Christology as Narrative Quest the primacy and centrality of narrative in communicating the significance of Jesus Christ, and demonstrates ways in which narrative' in four faith images has played a role in the shaping of Christology. These forms and their texts are: biblical (the Gospel of Mark); creedal (the NiceneConstantinopolitan Creed); systematic (Aquinas' Summa theologiae); and social transformation (the 'story' of MexicanAmericans.) all of these images are ways of using narrative imagery to connect idea and experience.A detailed analysis reveals that each of these forms involve what wellknown ethicist Alasdair MacIntyre calls a 'narrative quest.' In each case an image of Jesus that is fundamental for integrating a particular form of the 'narrative quest' emerges.Father Cook contends that Christology in any age is the culturespecific faith response of the community of believers/disciples (Church) to the mystery of the risen Jesus a mystery that, identified with the very life, activity, and presence of God, simply transcends any attempt we make, whether biblical, creedal, systematic, or societal, to bring it to expression.The four faith images (biblical, creedal, systematic, social transformation) and their texts broadly correspond to significant periods in the history of Christianity: the JewishGentile Church, the HellenisticByzantine (imperial) Church, the LatinWestern (papal) Church, and the contemporary, postVatican II emergence of the worldwide Church.Graduate students, academicians, and others who want a scholarly or professional reference work will appreciate this substantive look into the relationship of narrative and Christology.Chapters examine the four faith images. They are 'The Centrality of Narrative in Christology,' 'A Biblical Image: 'The Beloved Son' in the Gospel of Mark,' 'A Creedal Image: 'The PreExistent Son' in the NiceneConstantinopolitan Creed,' 'A Systematic Image: 'The Incarnate Word' in the Summa theologiae of Thomas Aquinas,' and 'A Social Transformation Image: 'The Rejected Prophet' in the MexicanAmerican Experience.'Michael L. Cook, SJ, ThD, is a professor of theology at Gonzaga University. He also taught at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley and was a visiting professor at the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile. He is the author of Responses to 101 Questions About Jesus.
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