Description: This book approaches human ontology through Christology by looking to the Chalcedonian Definition and its Christology. Chalcedon confesses the man Jesus to be the divine person of the Son subsisting in a human nature. A Chalcedonian anthropology extends Jesus's person-nature constitution to define what it means to be human.
Brief description: Michael A. Wilkinson (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) has served as a pastor-elder in Texas, the director of a campus ministry at Harvard Law School, and an adjunct professor of theology in Montana. Dr. Wilkinson's teaching and writing ministries currently focus on applying Scripture to all of life by doing theology "on the Bible's own terms," especially in the areas of the Trinity, Christology, anthropology, and theological method. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Trinity Law School and maintains a private law practice. He and his wife are members of Emmaus Road Church in Bozeman, Montana.
Review Quotes:
"This excellent work explores what, if anything, the man Jesus Christ can contribute to a theologically sound understanding of humankind. Impeccably researched, carefully argued, historically grounded, and quite persuasive, this book is a must read!"
--Gregg Allison, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
"Wilkinson's investigation of a Chalcedonian anthropology gathers together resources from historical, biblical, and systematic theology that should have been brought together long ago. ... This study is at the same time deeply conservative and courageously innovative."
--Fred Sanders, Biola University
"On its own merits, this well-argued thesis deserves careful consideration. But it's especially relevant at a time when what we are as humans is often disconnected from who and how we are in Christ."
--Michael Horton, Westminster Seminary California