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Christology: Christian Writings and the Reflections of Theologians
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Christology: Christian Writings and the Reflections of Theologians

A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 7560

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Dr. Robert Fastiggi

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Sacred Heart Major Seminary, 2701 Chicago Blvd., Detroit, MI 48206, USA
Interests: christology; mariology; ecclesiology; church history; philosophy of religion; francisco suárez; SJ (1548-1617)

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will focus on “Christology: Christian Writings and the Reflections of Theologians". The first two entries will be on Scripture: one on the Old Testament images and prophecies of Christ, and the second on the New Testament presentation of Christ. The other entries will be on significant Christian theologians who have written on the person and mission of Jesus Christ. The articles on specific theologians will provide: (a) a brief biography of the theologian; (b) the historical context and influences on the theologian; (c) his or her key Christological insights; (d) the ongoing significance of the Christology of the writer. The theologians to be covered include Origen, Cyril of Alexandria, Maximus the Confessor, Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, Nicholas of Cusa, Margaret Mary Alacoque, and Hans Urs von Balthasar.  There will also be an introductory essay by the editor, which will provide a historical overview of how Christology developed over the centuries, the major controversies, and the variety of Christological perspectives today. The articles in this Special Issue will provide students of theology with an overview of the key Christological reflections of some very important theologians.

Dr. Robert Fastiggi
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Jesus Christ
  • scripture
  • christology
  • divinity
  • humanity
  • redemption

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“Signore, Ti Amo” (John 21:17): The Christology of Pope Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger
by Emery A. de Gaál
Religions 2024, 15(12), 1440; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15121440 - 27 Nov 2024
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With 1600 titles Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI. is the most academically published pope in Church history. His stature as a theologian is only comparable to that of Leo the Great or Gregory the Great. In an age that has lost an appreciation for [...] Read more.
With 1600 titles Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI. is the most academically published pope in Church history. His stature as a theologian is only comparable to that of Leo the Great or Gregory the Great. In an age that has lost an appreciation for the human being as a person, the peritus Ratzinger introduced at the Second Vatican Council the notion that divine revelation is ultimately identical with the Godman Jesus Christ. In his view, Jesus Christ, as a divine person with both divine and human natures, redeems the postmodern human being from solipsistic self-preoccupation and existentialist despair. Such is the result of a positivistic and rationalistic approach to the figure of Jesus Christ. At the beginning of the 21st century, Pope Benedict XVI inaugurated an epochal, personalist, and Christocentric shift by penning the Jesus of Nazareth trilogy, taking serious Kant’s critiques and writing thus the first “post-critical” Christology presented to postmodernity. Nowhere else does Ratzinger write so extensively on “the man from Nazareth”. Full article
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Latin American Christology: A God Who Liberates
by Amanda Rachel Bolaños
Religions 2024, 15(10), 1165; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15101165 - 25 Sep 2024
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This paper will investigate the dynamic nature of Latin American Christology, a Christology that cannot be separated from the tenets of liberation theology. I will first offer an overview of the development of Latin American Christology and liberation theology, along with its unique [...] Read more.
This paper will investigate the dynamic nature of Latin American Christology, a Christology that cannot be separated from the tenets of liberation theology. I will first offer an overview of the development of Latin American Christology and liberation theology, along with its unique features; then, I will analyze some major representatives of Latin American Christology, specifically Jon Sobrino and St. Óscar Romero (through the research of Edgardo Colón-Emeric). Lastly, I will conclude with the relevance of Latin American Christology within the greater landscape of Christian theology today. The theologians considered in this paper are primarily Catholic theologians, with the exception of Edgardo Colón-Emeric, a Methodist pastor, who has become a global voice of authority on the life, thought, and vision of the martyred St. Óscar Romero. Latin American Christology, as will be argued in this paper, cannot be understood separately from the space, culture, and identity of Latin America—the land and the context. This measures to a pivotal pedagogical claim of Latin American Christology as a global teaching pillar for all Christologies and theologies, Catholic or Protestant, within Latin America or outside Latin America. Full article
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Johannine Revelation, Nicene Witness
by Joseph S. O’Leary
Religions 2024, 15(9), 1102; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15091102 - 12 Sep 2024
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On its seventeenth centenary, I seek to reassess the theological significance of the Nicene Creed, drawing inspiration from Athanasius, who came to see the Creed as a privileged transmission of the apostolic teaching based on the Revelation granted by Christ. I attempt to [...] Read more.
On its seventeenth centenary, I seek to reassess the theological significance of the Nicene Creed, drawing inspiration from Athanasius, who came to see the Creed as a privileged transmission of the apostolic teaching based on the Revelation granted by Christ. I attempt to bring into focus the nature of Revelation, referring to Karl Barth and Jean-Luc Marion. Criticizing the deflationary approach to Nicaea and Athanasius, which has been common of late, I read the layers of meaning in the Creed with special attention to the way the Creed builds on Johannine themes, and I reassess its ousia language. Full article
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Apologetic Evangelical Contextual Christology: A Pragmatic Approach in the Islamic Context (Pakistan)
by Aftab Yunis Hakim
Religions 2024, 15(9), 1032; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15091032 - 26 Aug 2024
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The conflict over Jesus Christ, the ‘Son of God’, is not new. Thousands of years ago, the disciples faced similar trials; however, the challenge to solve this tension was not based on debates or natural theology but rather to show the works of [...] Read more.
The conflict over Jesus Christ, the ‘Son of God’, is not new. Thousands of years ago, the disciples faced similar trials; however, the challenge to solve this tension was not based on debates or natural theology but rather to show the works of Christ. This researcher argues that various studies on Christology have already been conducted. However, the Pakistani perspective demands the fullness of Christ in a unique way to reimagine Him in the context of socio-economic, political, and religious challenges. On the one hand, though the traditional way of doing Christology highly emphasizes the personhood of Christ, explaining Him from the eschatological perspective (though it is important), on the other hand, it makes Christ an aloof Jesus who has no concern for the current issues. As a result, this kind of Christological articulation does not explain Christ’s presence in our struggles today. This piece further demonstrates that the context is not above Christ in finding who He is in the midst of such a grave situation; rather, contextual realities provide the Pakistani Punjabi Church an opportunity to demonstrate the works of Christ. Furthermore, this study also argues that the real struggle is not being a minority in this context, but rather, being marginalized (economically, politically, and religiously) is the real challenge. This study further argues that the core issue is the ecclesiastical responsibility to overcome all the issues in this context. The researcher employs quantitative methodology to evaluate the socio-political, socio-economic, and religious perspectives and equips grassroots communities using an evangelical contextual missiological approach. As a result, ‘Apologetic Evangelical Contextual Christology’ is proposed as seeing Christ in all His fullness in the Islamic Context. Full article
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The Christology of Cyril of Alexandria
by Daniel A. Keating
Religions 2024, 15(6), 688; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15060688 - 31 May 2024
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Cyril of Alexandria is best known for his teaching on Christ (Christology). Beginning with the wider soteriological framework for Cyril’s teaching on Christ, this study will first establish the core principles and then move to consider contested and controversial aspects of Cyril’s Christology. [...] Read more.
Cyril of Alexandria is best known for his teaching on Christ (Christology). Beginning with the wider soteriological framework for Cyril’s teaching on Christ, this study will first establish the core principles and then move to consider contested and controversial aspects of Cyril’s Christology. By drawing attention to Cyril’s frequent statements that the Incarnate Christ acts both “as man” (as a human being) and “as God”, I will offer support for there being two active natures in Cyril’s view of Christ and will propose that Cyril’s Christ acting “as man” opens the way for recognizing the specific human activity of Christ that is intended as a model for human imitation. The study will conclude with considerations on the wider ecumenical impact of Cyril’s Christological doctrine. Full article
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The Christology of the Church of the East
by Sebastian P. Brock
Religions 2024, 15(4), 457; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15040457 - 5 Apr 2024
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After setting out the background of the early history of the Church of the East, this contribution focuses on the Syriac sources of the fifth to seventh centuries which are witnesses to the development of the ‘two-nature’ Christology of the Church of the [...] Read more.
After setting out the background of the early history of the Church of the East, this contribution focuses on the Syriac sources of the fifth to seventh centuries which are witnesses to the development of the ‘two-nature’ Christology of the Church of the East, situated outside the Roman Empire during this formative period. Special attention is paid to the ambiguous term qnoma, which is used to render hypostasis in the Chalcedonian Definition, but which, for native Syriac authors, has the different sense of ‘defining characteristic’. The problematic designation ‘Nestorian’ should be avoided since it implies completely different things to different parties. Some final thoughts are given to the ongoing significance of the tradition of the Church of the East in its various present-day manifestations. Full article
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