{"product_id":"christology-as-narrative-quest-9780814658543","title":"Christology as Narrative Quest","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow central is narrative to Christology? To human experience?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn exploring these questions Michal Cook maintains in \u003ci\u003eChristology as Narrative Quest\u003c\/i\u003e the primacy and centrality of narrative in communicating the significance of Jesus Christ, and demonstrates ways in which narrative\" in four faith images has played a role in the shaping of Christology. These forms and their texts are: biblical (the Gospel of Mark); creedal (the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed); systematic (Aquinas' \u003ci\u003eSumma theologiae\u003c\/i\u003e); and social transformation (the \"story\" of Mexican-Americans.) all of these images are ways of using narrative imagery to connect idea and experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA detailed analysis reveals that each of these forms involve what well-known ethicist Alasdair MacIntyre calls a \"narrative quest.\" In each case an image of Jesus that is fundamental for integrating a particular form of the \"narrative quest\" emerges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFather Cook contends that Christology in any age is the culture-specific faith response of the community of believers\/disciples (Church) to the mystery of the risen Jesus a mystery that, identified with the very life, activity, and presence of God, simply transcends any attempt we make, whether biblical, creedal, systematic, or societal, to bring it to expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe four faith images (biblical, creedal, systematic, social transformation) and their texts broadly correspond to significant periods in the history of Christianity: the Jewish-Gentile Church, the Hellenistic-Byzantine (imperial) Church, the Latin-Western (papal) Church, and the contemporary, post-Vatican II emergence of the world-wide Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraduate students, academicians, and others who want a scholarly or professional reference work will appreciate this substantive look into the relationship of narrative and Christology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters examine the four faith images. They are \"The Centrality of Narrative in Christology,\" \"A Biblical Image: 'The Beloved Son' in the Gospel of Mark,\" \"A Creedal Image: 'The Pre-Existent Son' in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed,\" \"A Systematic Image: 'The Incarnate Word' in the Summa theologiae of Thomas Aquinas,\" and \"A Social Transformation Image: 'The Rejected Prophet' in the Mexican-American Experience.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael L. Cook, SJ, ThD, is a professor of theology at Gonzaga University. He also taught at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley and was a visiting professor at the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile. He is the author of \u003c\/i\u003eResponses to 101 Questions About Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814658543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.85h x 5.72w x 0.55d","brand":"Michael L. Cook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38350225277109,"sku":"9780814658543","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_68a91f46-9046-4039-b6e8-dc42191d6488.jpg?v=1611644080","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/christology-as-narrative-quest-9780814658543","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}