Christ: The First Two Thousand Years

How has Christ been seen for the last two millennia? From the Christ of the Gospels to the Isa of Islam, this book explores the way Jesus Christ has been viewed, described, promoted, opposed and written about.

ContentsAcknowledgments 9Introduction 11Chapter 1: What is a Christ? 13Chapter 2: Christ in Acts and the Early Letters 26Chapter 3: Christ of the Gospels 40Chapter 4: Getting it "Right"... Getting it "Wrong"...Christ of the Creeds 56Chapter 5: Now You See Him, Now You Don't...Portraying Christ 70Chapter 6: Imperial Christ 85Chapter 7: Christ of the Barbarians...Beyond the Mediterranean Heartlands 101Chapter 8: Christ of the Crusaders 117Chapter 9: The Many-sided Christ of the Middle Ages 132Chapter 10: Reigning from the Crossor Suffering on the Cross? 148Chapter 11: "Reformed" Church... "Reformed" IdeasAbout Christ? 160Chapter 12: "King Jesus and the Heads upon the Gate!" 176Chapter 13: Christ in the Age of the Enlightenment andWestern Imperialism 188Chapter 14: Christ in the Age of Total War and the Searchfor a "Modern Christology" 202Chapter 15: Christ with a Kalashnikov? 216Chapter 16: Christ in the Developing World:Some African and Asian Christologies 228Chapter 17: Christ and the Power of the Holy Spirit 242Chapter 18: Christ in Other Religions 255Chapter 19: Postmodern Christ? 268Picturing Christ 274Web links to a number of the pictures referred to inthe book can be found here, listed by chapter.References 277Index 285