The Oxford Handbook of Systematic Theology (2007 Webster, Tanner, Torrance), edited volume

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The Oxford Handbook of Systematic Theology (2007) is a volume edited by John Webster, Kathryn Tanner and Iain R. Torrance.

Abstract

As might be expected from an edited volume on systematic theology, Oliver Crisp's contribution on the "Incarnation" focuses more on the later theological implications of this doctrine rather than its historical origins. Accordingly, much of his chapter circles around the orthodox account of this doctrine, which moves forward from the Council of Chalcedon in 451 CE. That being said, a few more historically oriented observations are in order. Crisp, not surprisingly, assumes that the incarnation resonates throughout the New Testament in several passages such as Rom. 1:3-4, Gal 4:4-5, Phil. 2:5-8, Col 2:9, 1 Tim 2:5, 3:16, and Heb 2:14, but is "most dramatically heralded in the Prologue to the Fourth Gospel" (160). Moreover, he also addresses a related issue, namely, whether a virginal birth was necessary for the incarnation and concludes that it was not. In the end, Crisp's underlying point is to insist, contra Hicks and in line with much of Christian theology, that Christ needed to be both fully God and fully human in order to affect salvation for fallen humanity. ~Deborah Forger

Editions and translations

Published in Oxford [England]: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Contents

Introduction: systematic theology / John Webster -- Part I. Doctrines. The existence of God / William J. Abraham -- The Trinity / Fred Sanders -- The attributes of God / Stephen R. Holmes -- Creation / David Fergusson -- Providence / Charles M. Wood -- Election / Katherine Sonderegger -- The human creature / David H. Kelsey -- The fall and sin / Ian McFarland -- Incarnation / Oliver D. Crisp -- Salvation / Paul S. Fiddes -- Justification / Dawn DeVries -- Resurrection and immortality / Douglas Farrow -- The Holy Spirit / Michael Welker -- The Church / Ralph Del Colle -- Sacraments / Michael A. Fahey -- The Christian life / Reinhard Hütter -- Eschatology / Richard Bauckman -- Part II. Sources. Revelation / Ben Quash -- Scripture / Stephen E. Fowl -- Tradition / A. N. Williams -- Worship / Bryan D. Spinks -- Reason / Andrew Moore -- Experience / Ellen T. Charry -- Part III. Conversations. Biblical studies / C. Kevin Rowe and Richard B. Hays -- Moral theology / Duane Stephen Long -- History / Rebecca Lyman -- Hermeneutics / Oliver Davies -- Philosophy / Gordon Graham -- Cultural theory / Kathryn Tanner -- Natural science / Nancey Murphy -- The arts / William A. Dyrness -- Part IV. Prospects. Theologies of retrieval / John Webster -- Revisionism / Ian S. Markham -- Postmodern theology / Walter Lowe -- Liberation theology / Christopher Rowland -- Comparative theology / Francis X. Clooney -- Feminist theology / Joy Ann McDougall

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