Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-285) and index.

History and theology according to the historian : N.T. Wright's historical and theological method -- the historical context -- From critique to construct -- Theology according to the theologians : critical realism and the object of knowledge in theory -- CRw and the object of knowledge -- The condition : Soren Kierkegaard -- John 3:1-21 -- Apocalyptic, continuity and discontinuity : soteriological implications for a theology of history -- A rupture in understanding : a properly theological hermeneutic is apocalyptic -- Apocalyptic and soteriology : beginning with the new beginning -- Christology and creation : furthering the apocalyptic logic -- Christology : anhypostasia and enhypostasia -- Creation and apocalyptic -- N.T. Wright and apocalyptic reconsidered -- History according to the theologians : from a theology of history to a theology of historiography -- Toward a theology of history and historiography -- A theology of history -- Historiography according to theology : three theses -- An apocalyptic reappraisal of apocalyptic -- The controversy -- Apocalypses and the covenant : reading irruption in the context of a long story -- Paul's epistemology -- Apocalypse and the apocalyptic logic of the singular apocalypse -- The apocalypse of Jesus Christ as an apocalypse -- The question of Israel.

"After a flurry of heated debates in the mid-twentieth century over the relationship between faith and history, the dust seems to have settled. The parties have long since dispersed into their separate camps. The positions are entrenched and loyalties are staked out. This first volume in the New Explorations in Theology is a deliberate attempt to kick up the dust again, but this time as a constructive development of what is now being called 'apocalyptic theology.' Samuel Adams argues that any historiography interested in contributing to theological knowledge must take into consideration, at a methodological level, the reality of God that has invaded history in Jesus Christ. He explores this idea in critical dialogue with the writings of New Testament historian and theologian N. T. Wright, whose work has significantly shaped the current conversation on this problem. The Reality of God and Historical Method is a fresh, bold and interdisciplinary exploration of the question: How is it possible to say that a particular historical person is the reconciliation of the world?"-- Provided by publisher.