Schleiermacher's reduction of incarnation to deification

Jared Michelson

doi:10.1017/S0036930623000376

Schleiermacher's reduction of incarnation to deification

Jared Michelson^*

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School of Divinity

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Abstract

Schleiermacher's theological champions like Kevin Hector contend that his Christology is ‘high’ and is Chalcedonian in spirit. I offer a number of objections to this view, suggesting that Schleiermacher offers a distinctive, early modern account of Christ as a uniquely deified redeemer but not of Christ as the uncreated God. This raises some surprising questions for the dogmatic relation of Christology, soteriology and anthropology.

Original language	English
Number of pages	15
Journal	Scottish Journal of Theology
Volume	First View
Early online date	31 Jul 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0036930623000376
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 31 Jul 2023

Keywords

Christology
Deification
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Kevin Hector
Theosis

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