Jesus Christ, eternal God
Subtitle: heavenly flesh and the metaphysics of matter
By: Stephen H. Webb
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780199827954
Subjects: Matter; Christianity; Humanity; Materialism
Description: Drawing on modern physics and ancient metaphysics, Stephen H. Webb constructs a philosophy of Christian materialism based on the unity of matter and spirit in the incarnation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-338) and index.
Table of contents: title: Thinking with matter; title: A brief history of the metaphysics of matter; title: Binding matter, unbinding God; title: The new consensus about anthropomorphism and God; title: What flesh is this?; title: More resources : Scotus, Schwenckfeld, and the transfiguration; title: Thomas Aquinas on relations, personhood, and matter; title: Karl Barth's christological metaphysics; title: Godbodied : the matter of the latter-day saints; title: A conclusion by way of a metaphysical beginning.