Divine Becoming

Name: Divine Becoming
Brand: Augsburg Fortress
SKU: 32780
Price: 27.31 USD
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Author: Charlene Burns
ISBN: 9780800632786

By: Charlene Burns

Augsburg Fortress / 2001 / Paperback

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Burns explains the significance of God's central act in history---the incarnation---by asking "Was Jesus God?" and illuminating central theological claims with a history of Christology. 224 pages, softcover.

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Title: Divine Becoming
By: Charlene Burns
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 224
Vendor: Augsburg Fortress
Publication Date: 2001

Dimensions: 8.50 X 5.50 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 4 ounces
ISBN: 0800632788
ISBN-13: 9780800632786
Stock No: WW32780

Publisher's Description

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The universally human element of Jesus' incarnationDespite the feverish pace of publishing in historical Jesus studies, biblical scholars and theologians have not notably progressed in addressing the meaning and significance of the figure of Jesus in ways credible for contemporary persons.

In this creative and insightful work, Burns seeks to understand the significance of Jesus and his incarnation through the category of participation. The central theological claims in the traditional concept of incarnation are anchored and illumined by Jesus' particular ability for empathy, sympathy, attunement, and entrainment. This notion, derived from the psychological research of Daniel Stern, allows Burns to show that incarnation the capacity to participate in the life of others is present not only in Jesus but to some extent in all people and in all religions. It further illumines features of God's trinitarian life and our lifelong journey into God (deification).

Author Bio

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Charlene P. E. Burns is professor and Chair,department of philosophy and religious studies at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She is the authorof More Moral Than God:Taking Responsibility for Religious Violence(2008) and Divine Becoming: Rethinking Jesus and Incarnation(Fortress Press, 2001), andthe editor ofMis/Representing Evil: Evil in an Interdisciplinary Key(2009).