Papers from a meeting held at the University of Birmingham, July 10-12, 1978, sponsored by the Cadbury Trust and the Dept. of Extramural Studies, University of Birmingham.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

A survey of the issues in the myth debate / Maurice Wiles -- The myth and Christian faith / Brian Hebblethwaite -- Interpretation and imagination / Nicholas Lash -- The incarnation and modern theology / Brian Hebblethwaite -- Jesus and the meaning of 'God' / Don Cupitt -- Jesus and the meaning of 'God' : a comment / Nicholas Lash -- Mr. Hebblethwaite on the incarnation / Don Cupitt -- Is there a doctrine of the incarnation? / John Hick -- Paradox and mystification / Michael Goulder -- The logical coherence of the doctrine of the incarnation / Brian Hebblethwaite -- Can there be any evidence? / Frances Young -- What sort of evidence? / Nicholas Lash -- Myth and truth in scientific enquiry / John Rodwell -- Evil and incarnation / John Hick -- A comment on Professor Hick's critique of atonement doctrine / Charles Moule -- The moral and religious value of the incarnation / Brian Hebblethwaite -- God suffered and died / Frances Young -- A wider framework / Leslie Houlden -- The incarnation as the foundation of the church / Stephen Sykes -- Three points of conflict in the Christological debate / Charles Moule -- Incarnation or eschatology? / Michael Goulder -- A comment / Charles Moule -- Incarnational Christology in the New Testament / Graham Stanton -- Professor Stanton on incarnational language in the New Testament / Don Cupitt -- Mr. Cupitt on incarnational Christology in the New Testament / Graham Stanton -- The finality of Christ / Frances Young -- The uniqueness of the incarnation / Brian Hebblethwaite -- A response to Hebblethwaite / John Hick -- The centrality of Jesus for history / Lesslie Newbigin -- Comment on Lesslie Newbigin's essay / Maurice Wiles -- Relativism in science and theology / John Rodwell -- Christology and the future of truth / Nicholas Lash -- A summing-up of the colloquy : myth of God debate / Basil Mitchell -- Samaritan incarnational Christology? / Graham Stanton -- The Samaritan hypothesis / Michael Goulder.