Jesus : A Brief History.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Jesus, a Jew from Galilee -- 1 Jesus and Christian Beginnings (First to Fourth Centuries) -- A Strange Case: Paul and his Letters -- Anonymous Narratives: Three Gospels and One Sequel -- An Author Called John: A Fourth Gospel, More Letters, and an Apocalypse -- Christianity's Earliest Writings: Literary Diversity, Theological Unity -- Christianity's Transformation: From a Jewish Sect to a Gentile Religion -- Emerging Christianity: A "Catholic" Church -- Gnosticism": The Nag Hammadi Library -- Living as Christians in the Roman Empire: The Threat of Persecution -- Christianizing the Roman Empire: Constantine the Great -- Material Culture: Manuscripts, Architecture, and the Visual Arts -- 2 Jesus and the Triumph of Christian Orthodoxy (Fourth and Fifth Centuries) -- The Council of Nicaea I (325): The Relation of the Son to God the Father -- The Council of Constantinople I (381): God as Trinity, One Substance, Three Persons -- Transition: From the Trinity to the Incarnation -- The Council of Ephesus (431): The Incarnate Son, One Person, Not Divided -- The Council of Chalcedon I (451): The Incarnate Son, One Person, Two Natures -- Early Monasticism: From Martyr to Monk -- Material Culture: Manuscripts, Architecture, and the Visual Arts -- 3 Jesus and Medieval Orthodoxy (Fifth to Fifteenth Centuries) -- Rome, the Papacy, and the Eastern Church: A Church Dividing -- The Iconoclastic Controversy: Can Images of Jesus be Created and Venerated? -- The Filioque Controversy: Does the Holy Spirit also Proceed from the Son? -- Jesus as the Christ of Eastern Orthodoxy: Creed, Liturgy, and Spirituality -- The Crusades: Warriors for Christ -- Beyond Monasticism: Monks, Mendicants, and Mystics.

Scholastic Theology: The Trinity, the Incarnation, and the At-one-ment -- Jesus as the Christ of Roman Catholicism: Creed, Liturgy, and Spirituality -- Rome and the Papacy: Exile, Schism, and Dissent -- Material Culture: Architecture and the Visual Arts -- 4 Jesus and Challenges to Christian Orthodoxy (Since the Fifteenth Century) -- The Renaissance: Back to the Classics -- The Reformation: Back to the Bible -- The Enlightenment: Not Revelation, but Reason -- Material Culture: Architecture, Visual Arts, and Printed Books -- 5 Jesus and the Historical Quest (Since the Eighteenth Century) -- Pre-Quest Period: Christ = Jesus (before 1778) -- Old Quest Period: Christ // Jesus (1778-1906) -- No Quest Period: Christ // Jesus (1906-1953) -- New Quest Period: Christ &gt -- Jesus (1953-1985) -- Third Quest Period: [Christ] Jesus (since 1985) -- Dramatic Arts: From Passion Plays to Jesus Films -- 6 Jesus and Christological Diversity (Since the Eighteenth Century) -- Modern Protestant Theology: Liberalism (Nineteenth Century) -- Modern Protestant Theology: Neo-Orthodoxy (Twentieth Century) -- Modern Roman Catholic Theology: Two Vatican Councils (Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries) -- Beyond Liberalism and Neo-Orthodoxy: Process Theology (into the Twenty-First Century) -- Liberation Theology: Latin America (into the Twenty-First Century) -- Black Theology: The United States and Beyond (into the Twenty-First Century) -- Feminist Theology: The United States and Beyond (into the Twenty-First Century) -- Womanist Theology: The United States and Beyond (into the Twenty-First Century) -- Theology in the Third World: Latin America, Africa, Asia (into the Twenty-First Century) -- Dramatic Arts: Christ-Figure Films and Literary Imagination -- 7 Jesus and World Religions (Since the First Century) -- Judaism: Jesus, a Jew, but no Messiah.

Islam: Jesus, a Prophet, but no Son of God -- Religions of South and East Asia: Jesus, the Outsider -- Material Culture: From Stone to Celluloid -- Epilogue: Jesus, a Global Christ -- Select Bibliography and Further Reading -- Index -- EULA.

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