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Jesus and Creativity

  • Paperback
  • 160 pages
  • Publisher: Fortress Press,U.S.
  • 14 x 21.6 x 0.9 cm

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For Christians seeking deeper theological insights

Helps reframe Jesus' significance in today's world

You will discover fresh perspectives on faith and creativity

This book explores the connection between Jesus and creativity for modern believers.

"The most recent stage of Kaufman's thinking, as it is embodied in this book, has attained an admirable simplicity, power, and relevance to the needs of our day. He calls us to embody the creativity that came vividly to expression in Jesus and in the historical trajectory of his influence. Kaufman frees his Christian theology from every trace of mythological and supernaturalist thinking without diminishing its importance for today's world."John B. Cobb Jr.Ingraham Professor of Theology EmeritusClaremont Graduate UniversityThe lively interest today in the historical figure of Jesus is rarely matched by theological advances in understanding his person and significance for our own time and worldview. Gordon Kaufman takes up this challenge in this bold, speculative work.Despite the fabled difficulties of traditional Christological terms, Kaufman seeks to re-envision the symbol of Jesus within the contemporary scientific worldview. Building on his notion of God as simply creativity, he here locates the meaning of Jesus' salvific story within an evolving universe and a threatened planet.Outside the dualistic categories of the biblical worldview, he finds, the enormously creative and influential figure of the historic Jesus can have a vital role in the emergence and development of the cosmos and human history. Within that role, he argues, Jesus, his relation to God, and his centrality to Christian faith become clearer and our own lives and actions take on a new meaning.Gordon D. Kaufman is Professor of Theology Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School. His many important theological works include his Essay on Theological Method (1975, 3rd edition 1995), Theology for a Nuclear Age (1985), In Face of Mystery (1993), God-Mystery-Diversity (Fortress Press, 1996), and In the beginning . . .Creativity (Fortress Press, 2004).
Jesus and Creativity and Theological Imagination
Theological ImaginationJesus and Creativity

  • Title

    Jesus and Creativity

  • Author

    Gordon D. Kaufman

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Fortress Press,U.S.

  • Published

    July 2009

  • Weight

    191g

  • Page Count

    160

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 0.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780800696344

  • ISBN-10

    0800696344

  • Eden Code

    2664836