Who is Jesus Christ for Us Today?

Jason S. Sexton is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at UCLA, after being interim California State University Associate Dean of Academic Programs and a Visiting Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Religion. He holds the PhD from the University of St Andrews and is the Chair of the Tyndale Fellowship’s Christian Doctrine Study Group. His recent book is Redemptive Dreams: Engaging Kevin Starr’s California (Routledge).T. A. Noble is Research Professor of Theology at Nazarene TheologicalSeminary in Kansas City, Missouri, and a Senior Research Fellow at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester (UK). His publications include Tyndale House and Fellowship: The First Sixty Years and the first volume of his systematics, Christian Theology, The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Foundry Publishing, 2022), and he has co-edited the 2d ed. of New Dictionary of Theology.

"Seventeen hundred years ago the Council of Nicaea met to debate and discuss, amongst other things, the centrality of Christ in the message of Christianity. At stake was the evangel, as they saw it—that is, the very heart of the Faith. Today, in celebration of this momentous event in Christian history, a group of evangelical scholars have come together to mark the importance of Nicaea with a stimulating collection of essays on matters of Christology. These studies demonstrate the vitality and fertility of evangelical accounts of the incarnation and atonement. Not only are they a fitting memorial to the past; they press forward in constructive directions for Christology today and tomorrow."- Oliver Crisp, Professor of Analytic Theology, St Mary's College, University of St Andrews “This is a hugely valuable collection, exploring contemporary Christology with both breadth and depth. From historical work and biblical studies to scientific and cultural interpretations from around the world, this volume shows the vibrancy of evangelical scholarship.”- Bethany Sollereder, Associate Professor in Science and Religion, University of Oxford"Jason S. Sexton and T. A. Noble have collected and curated a wonderful cache of studies on Christology before, during, and after the Council of Nicaea. Some of the essays are groundbreaking, a rich feast of scholarship, delving into one of the perplexing and yet important questions of all: Who is Jesus? A delight for scholars, students, and armchair theologians."- Rev. Dr. Michael F. Bird, PhD University of Queensland, Deputy Principal at Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia

• Introduction 1. The Way to Nicaea 2. Re-Creation through the Cross: Athanasius and the Atonement of Jesus Christ 3. Jonah, Jesus, and Nicene Christology: Exploring Biblical ‘Pressures’ 4. The Mind of Christ: A Christological Centre for the doctrine of revelation 5. Kenosis, Plerosis, and God’s Redeeming Power in the World 6. Grace and Nature in the Context of Election and Christological Objectivism 7. The Continuing Relative Value of Chalcedonian Christology: A Horizon for the Pluralistic World Christianity 8. The Identity of Jesus Christ and the Limits of Christological Speculation: Bonhoeffer Sets the Scene 9. Christology, Drama, and Vicarious Representation: Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Theology of Stellvertretung 10. The Difference Jesus Makes: Yuval Noah Harari and Wolfhart Pannenberg on the Shape of Universal History 11. What Does it Mean to Participate in Christ? 12. Watchman Nee’s Spiritual Food Theology and the ‘Hunger’ in Contemporary China 13. Black Christianities, Faith in Christ, and The Hope for Social Change 14. Jesus Christ in A Secular Age 15. Revisiting the Death of Christ for the Twenty-First Century: Towards an Atonement Model for the Scum of the Earth Coda: On the Past, Present, and Futures of Jesus Christ: deus pro nobis et ad mundo est