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Book SynopsisA Process Christology brings together three dimensions of recent theology: the new quest for the historical Jesus, the new-orthodox emphasis on God's self-revealing activity in history, and the theology based primarily on the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne.
Trade Review[This] book is a good introduction to process thought and to some of the problems of Christology, as well as a careful critique of the positions of Tillich, H. Richard Niebuhr, Bultmann, and Schleiermacher on these issues. The book is carefully argued. * Journal of Ecumenical Studies *
[This book] both provides an accurate statement of the positions taken by major theologians and, standing on their shoulders, advances the discussion. -- John B. Cobb, Jr. * Journal of Ecumenical Studies *
The book is well-organized and carefully argued....This demanding but readable study, requiring little background in the specific topics considered, is recommended for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students in religion. * CHOICE *
The book is well-organized and carefully argued....This demanding but readable study, requiring little background in the specific topics considered, is recommended for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students in religion. * CHOICE *
[This] book is a good introduction to process thought and to some of the problems of Christology, as well as a careful critique of the positions of Tillich, H. Richard Niebuhr, Bultmann, and Schleiermacher on these issues. The book is carefully argued. * Journal of Ecumenical Studies *
[This book] both provides an accurate statement of the positions taken by major theologians and, standing on their shoulders, advances the discussion. -- John B. Cobb, Jr. * Journal of Ecumenical Studies *