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Jesus Christ, Eternal God : Heavenly Flesh and the Metaphysics of Matter.

In this groundbreaking study, Stephen H. Webb offers a new theological understanding of the material and spiritual: that, far from being contradictory, they unite in the very stuff of the eternal Jesus Christ. Accepting matter as a perfection (or predicate) of the divine requires a rethinking of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Webb, Stephen H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2011.
Subjects:
Jesus Christ > Humanity.
Jesus Christ
Matter > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Materialism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Matière > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Matérialisme > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Philosophy.
RELIGION.
Denominations.
Christianity.
Matter > Religious aspects > Christianity
Humanity of Jesus Christ
Materialism > Religious aspects > Christianity
Electronic books.
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Summary:In this groundbreaking study, Stephen H. Webb offers a new theological understanding of the material and spiritual: that, far from being contradictory, they unite in the very stuff of the eternal Jesus Christ. Accepting matter as a perfection (or predicate) of the divine requires a rethinking of the immateriality of God, the doctrine of creation out of nothing, the Chalcedonian formula of the person of Christ, and the analogical nature of religious language. It also requires a careful reconsideration of Augustine's appropriation of the Neo-Platonic understanding of divine incorporeality as wel.
Physical Description:1 online resource (356 pages)
ISBN:9780199827961
0199827966
9780190208554
0190208554