Incarnation and Inspiration John Owen and the Coherence of Christology
, by Spence, Alan J.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780567045379 | 0567045374
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 6/15/2007
In Incarnation and Inspiration Alan Spence looks at the groundbreaking theology of John Owen. Spence examines Owen's efforts to integrate the concepts of incarnation and inspiration into one coherent Christology. Owen offers a solution to this most intractable of christological dilemmas through his idea that the divine Son acted on his own human nature indirectly and by means of the Holy Spirit. The foundation of the Spirit's distinctive work is thereby the renewal of the image of God through the humanity of Christ. Spence's study raises such questions as: can a Christology which affirms the distinct operation of Christ's two natures successfully maintain the unity of his personal action? Is nature or ontological language too static to model the dynamic reality of Christ? Can the actions of God be indivisible if the Son relates to the Father as to one who is other than himself? Finally Spence grounds the discussion in more general terms by comprehensively assessing the significance of Owen's Christology in relation to the ever-important Definition of Chalcedon and to modern theology. Book jacket.