First paperback edition published 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The formulation of incarnational Christology. The biblical source ; The development of incarnational Christology : to the Council of Chalcedon ; The development of incarnational Christology : after the Council of Chalcedon -- Problems of incarnational Christology. The historical problem : critical Christology : the possibility of historical knowledge of Jesus ; The historical problem : existential Christology : the relevance of historical knowledge of Jesus ; The sociological problem : liberation Christology ; The sociological problem : black Christology ; The sociological problem : feminist Christology ; The metaphysical problem : functional Christology ; The metaphysical problem : process Christianity ; The anthropological problem : universalist Christology ; The anthropological problem : postmodern Christology ; The logical problem : mythological Christology ; The logical problem : narrative Christology -- The construction of a contemporary incarnational Christology. The reliability of the historical evidence for Jesus : the Synoptic Gospels ; The reliability of the historical evidence for Jesus : the Gospel of John ; Jesus' testimony to his deity ; The New Testament witness regarding Jesus' deity ; The uniqueness of Christ : the resurrection ; The metaphysical basis of the incarnation ; The logic of the incarnation ; Jesus as the Savior of all people ; The incarnation and the problem of evil.