Acknowledgments |
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Introduction |
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1 Truly God and Truly Human--Two Natures in One Person: Perplexities and Possibilities |
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7 | (3) |
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10 | (1) |
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Biblical Explorations: Insights from Four Key Texts |
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10 | (7) |
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Theological Understandings: Trinitarian Framing of Incarnation |
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17 | (4) |
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Philosophical Insights: Process-Relational Orientation |
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21 | (5) |
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26 | (3) |
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2 How Does Incarnation Change the Way We Think about God? |
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God's Transcendent-Immanence |
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God and the World: Mutual Indwelling and Mutual Influence |
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32 | (2) |
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Creator-Created-Creativity |
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34 | (1) |
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God in All Things and All Things in God |
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35 | (3) |
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The Intrinsic Value and Vital Interconnectedness of All Things |
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38 | (5) |
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43 | (4) |
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3 How Does Incarnation Change the Way We Think about What It Is to Be Human?-- Part 1: Who Are We? |
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47 | (24) |
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48 | (7) |
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55 | (5) |
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60 | (4) |
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64 | (4) |
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68 | (3) |
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4 How Does Incarnation Change the Way We Think about What It Is to Be Human?-- Part 2: What Are We Called to Do? |
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Created to Be Co-Creators |
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71 | (2) |
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Created: At Home in the Cosmos |
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73 | (1) |
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Co-Creators: In the Image of God |
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74 | (3) |
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77 | (1) |
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77 | (4) |
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81 | (2) |
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Incarnational Ethics and Disability |
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83 | (3) |
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Incarnational Ethics and Racism |
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86 | (11) |
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97 | (2) |
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5 How Does Incarnation Change the Way We Think about the Christ Event? |
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Challenges from Our Context concerning God's Saving Work |
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99 | (2) |
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Recentering Jesus' Birth in the Incarnation |
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God's Saving Work: The Word Became Flesh |
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101 | (2) |
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God's Saving Work: Theosis |
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103 | (2) |
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Recentering Jesus' Life and Ministry in the Incarnation |
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105 | (4) |
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God's Saving Work: Christ the Example |
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109 | (2) |
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God's Saving Work: "The Spirit of the Lord Was upon Him" |
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111 | (4) |
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Recentering Jesus' Death in the Incarnation |
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115 | (3) |
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God's Saving Work: A Sacrificial Metaphor |
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118 | (2) |
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God's Saving Work: A Juridical Metaphor |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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Recentering Jesus' Resurrection in the Incarnation |
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122 | (1) |
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122 | (2) |
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The Ambiguities around the Resurrection |
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124 | (2) |
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The Centrality of the Resurrection |
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126 | (1) |
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127 | (3) |
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God's Saving Work: Setting Free |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (3) |
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6 When We Say "God Is with Us," What Do We Mean by "Us"? |
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135 | (44) |
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136 | (1) |
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Reconsidering Exclusivism from an Incarnational Perspective |
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136 | (4) |
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Incarnational Ethics: Practical Implications for Interreligious Relations and Cooperation |
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140 | (4) |
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144 | (1) |
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Reconsidering Anthropocentrism from an Incarnational Perspective |
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144 | (2) |
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Corrections from Cosmic Christology |
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146 | (2) |
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Contributions from Reformed Theology |
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148 | (3) |
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Process-Relational Insights |
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151 | (2) |
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Resisting the Objectification of Nature: Seeing the World Whole |
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153 | (2) |
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Resisting the Objectification of Nature: Seeing the World as a Community of Subjects |
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155 | (4) |
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Imagining an Alternative: God with All of Us, the Convivial Community of Creation |
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159 | (4) |
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163 | (1) |
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What If There Are Others out There? |
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164 | (6) |
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170 | (2) |
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What Do We Mean by "Incarnation"? |
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172 | (3) |
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What Is the Purpose of Incarnation? |
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175 | (4) |
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7 How Can We Say God Is with Us in the Face of So Much Suffering and Evil? |
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179 | (22) |
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180 | (2) |
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Responding to the Questions |
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182 | (3) |
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Limitations of These Responses: Radical Suffering/Innocent Suffering |
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185 | (1) |
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Implications of Incarnation |
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186 | (1) |
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What Kind of Power Does God Have? |
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187 | (3) |
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How Is God Present and Active in World Process? |
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190 | (3) |
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Creation, Concursus, and Calling |
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193 | (3) |
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196 | (5) |
Conclusion |
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201 | (4) |
Index of Scripture |
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205 | (2) |
Index of Subjects and Names |
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