The Christology of John Macquarrie: Edited by Naomi Purdy - Foreword by Colin Brown (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781433103896)

The Christology of John Macquarrie comprehensively scrutinizes the life and writings of Scottish-born systematic theologian and philosopher John Macquarrie (1919-2007) in an attempt to comprehend and evaluate his Christology. The author examines the people (e.g. Heidegger, Schleiermacher), the philosophical and theological positions, and the writings that formed Macquarrie's thinking. One major influence was his commitment to modern critical theology including the premise that, in the modern world, the only acceptable Christological tenets are those that can stand up to the scrutiny of modern critical reasoning. The work concludes that this commitment profoundly shaped Macquarrie's theology, especially his Christology.
The book also discusses Macquarrie's evaluation and criticisms of the Christology of other theologians (e.g. Kierkegaard, Moltmann, Pannenberg, and others), concluding that Macquarrie's understanding of the Christian faith and the person of Jesus Christ is consonant with modern liberal Anglo-Catholicism. This idea furthers the argument that Macquarrie's reluctance to accept traditional incarnational categories suggests that his Christology is a modern form of Adoptionism.

Author: Naomi Purdy
ISBN-10: 1433103893
ISBN-13: 9781433103896
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2009
Pages: 345
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 04/24/2009 pg. 21
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 18