Divine Becoming: Rethinking Jesus and Incarnation

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: Charlene P. E. Burns
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 11/07/2001
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.52w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9780800632786

About the Author
Burns, Charlene P. E.: -

Charlene P. E. Burnsis 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).

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