Unique and Universal Christ
Unique and Universal Christ From the early days of the Christian faith, the relationship between the twin realities of Jesus' historical particularity and universal presence has been a theological…
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Unique and Universal Christ
From the early days of the Christian faith, the relationship between the twin realities of Jesus' historical particularity and universal presence has been a theological puzzle. Who are those who do not know him to those who do? The apparent dichotomy of the two leads Christ-followers to ponder some difficult questions: Who is Jesus to those who do not know him?
Scholars increasingly recognize the insufficiency of this typology, and a consensus about how to replace it remains elusive. Do "we" who follow Jesus meet him in "those" who do not?Contemporary debates concerning Christian theology of religions have been profoundly shaped by Alan Race's threefold typology of exclusivism, inclusivism, and pluralism. With The Unique and Universal Christ, Drew Collins argues that an alternative theological approach to the relation between the uniqueness of Jesus Christ and the