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| Genre/Form: | Miscellanea |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Jesus Christ; Jesus Christus. |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Carl E Braaten |
| ISBN: | 9780802866684 0802866689 |
| OCLC Number: | 734002405 |
| Description: | vii, 147 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | What can we know about Jesus of Nazareth? -- How do Christians come to believe in Jesus? -- Did Jesus really rise from the dead? -- Why do Christians believe that Jesus is "truly God"? -- Is Jesus unique--the one and only way of salvation? -- Why did Jesus have to die on the cross? -- Was Jesus the founder of the Christian church? -- What does Jesus have to do with politics? |
| Responsibility: | Carl E. Braaten. |
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J. Daryl Charles<br>-- Bryan Institute for Critical Thought & Practice<br>"Few are more highly qualified than Carl Braaten to offer commentary -- and enduring perspectives -- on the so-called 'quest for the historical Jesus.' As Braaten argues, the sundry 'makeovers' of Jesus constitute our own attempts to fashion -- and reduce -- Jesus to our own image rather than to remain in continuity with Scripture and with the historic Christian tradition. Braaten's conclusion is emphatic: Jesus Christ can never be the end-product of a scholarly 'quest'; rather, the necessary eyewitness accounts have already been entrusted to Christ's church through divine revelation. Whether or not we have the fortitude to embrace that witness is another matter." Read more...