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Tables of Contents for Fidelity With Plausibility
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
xi
4
Preface
xv
6
Acknowledgments
xxi
Introduction
1
14
PART I Reflections on Ernst Troeltsch and the Origins of the Crisis of Plausibility in Contemporary Christology
15
126
Introduction to Part I
17
6
Chapter 1. Christology and the Historical Jesus
23
42
Strategies for Managing Dependence
26
14
Criticism of the Extant Dependence Strategies
40
6
Troeltsch on the Dependence of Faith and Dogmatics upon History
46
19
Chapter 2. Christology and the History of Religions
65
38
The Theology of the History of Religions
66
16
Supernaturalism and the History of Religions
82
8
The Development of Doctrine and the History of Religions
90
13
Chapter 3. Christology and the Sciences
103
38
The Philosophical Sciences
104
13
The Natural Sciences
117
4
The Human Sciences
121
18
Conclusion
139
2
PART II Modest Christology and the Resolution of the Crisis of Plausibility in Contemporary Christology
141
204
Introduction to Part II
143
4
Chapter 4. The Absolutist Principle and Modest Christologies
147
44
The Origin and Structure of the Absolutist Principle
148
10
Absolutist Christology
158
13
Modest Christology
171
20
Chapter 5. Incarnational and Inspirational Modest Christologies: Two Case Studies
191
47
John Hick: The Logic of Modest Inspirational Christologies
193
2
The First Step: The Myth of God Incarnate
195
5
The Second Step: Jesus as Inspired
200
11
The Third Step: Jesus Inspiration as Divine Love Incarnate
211
6
John Cobb: The Logic of Modest Incarnational Christologies
217
4
The First Step: Christ as Principle of Creative Transformation
221
3
The Second Step: Identification of Jesus as Christ
224
7
The Third Step: Affirming Christian Uniqueness
231
7
Chapter 6. Modest Christological Solutions to Internal Challenges
238
51
History: Christological Dependence on Knowledge of Jesus
240
20
Tradition: Reassessing Christological Development
260
16
Metaphysics: The Universal and the Particular
276
5
Assessment of These Three Perspectives
281
8
Chapter 7. Modest Christological Solutions to External Challenges
289
56
Ethics: Christological Responsibility?
289
15
Natural Sciences: Evolutionary Biology and Cosmology
304
21
Religious Pluralism: The Modest Consensus
325
20
Conclusion
345
26
Modest Christologies and the Quest for a Believable Jesus
346
11
Approaching the Conceptual Heart of Modest Christologies
357
14
Notes
371
34
Bibliography
405
14
Index
419