The Myth of God Incarnate (1977 Hick), edited volume

The Myth of God Incarnate (1977) is a volume edited by John Hick.

Abstract

Hick regarded the doctrine of the Incarnation as something entirely foreign to the whole of New Testament thought, calling it “a dogma that Jesus himself would probably have regarded as blasphemous” (p.161).

Editions

Published in London [England]: SCM Press; and Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press, 1977 / 2nd ed. 1993.

Translations

• Wurde Gott Mensch?: Der Mythos vom fleischgewordenen Gott (1977 Hick / Hühne), edited volume (German ed.)

Contents

• Preface

• 1 - Christianity without Incarnation? - Maurice Wiles

Part I: Testing the Sources

• 2 - A Cloud of Witnesses - Frances Young

• 3 - Jesus, the Man of Universal Destiny - Michael Goulder

• 4 - The Two Roots of the Christian Myth - Michael Goulder

• 5 - Two Roots or a Tangled Mess? - Frances Young

Part II: Testing the Development

• 6 - The Creed of Experience - Leslie Houlden

• 7 - The Christ of Christendom - Don Culpitt

• 8 - Myth in Theology - Maurice Wiles

• 9 - Jesus and the World Religions - John Hick

• 10 - Epilogue - Dennis Nineham

External links

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