Who is Jesus Christ for Us Today?

Evangelical Christology Seventeen Centuries after Nicaea

Jason S. Sexton, T. A. Noble

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2026
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040751343
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Ministry

This groundbreaking volume offers a fresh examination of Jesus Christ's significance for our contemporary world, seventeen centuries after the Council of Nicaea formulated the Christian Creed.

Bringing together leading evangelical theologians and emerging scholars from across the globe, this comprehensive work explores the enduring relevance of Nicene Christology while addressing pressing questions of our time. From biblical interpretation to cultural engagement, from historical analysis to contemporary challenges, these 15 chapters provide a robust restatement of evangelical Christology. Distinguished contributors examine Christ's identity and significance through multiple lenses—biblical, historical, philosophical, and cultural—while maintaining deep roots in orthodox Christian faith. This volume uniquely bridges classical theological affirmations with modern contextual concerns, offering fresh perspectives on:

• The historical development and contemporary relevance of Nicene Christology
• Christ's role in an age of competing salvific claims
• The intersection of Christology with science, politics, and global Christianity
• Distinctive evangelical approaches to understanding Jesus' person and work

Who is Jesus Christ for Us Today? is essential reading for students, scholars, and pastors seeking to understand and articulate who Jesus Christ is for today's world. This landmark work demonstrates how historic Christian convictions about Christ can meaningfully engage with contemporary questions while remaining faithful to evangelical theological traditions.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• 1 The Way to Nicaea
• 2 Re-creation through the Cross: Athanasius on the Atonement of Jesus Christ
• 3 Jonah, Jesus, and Nicene Christology: Exploring Biblical ‘Pressures’
• 4 The Mind of Christ: A Christological Centre for the Doctrine of Revelation
• 5 Kenosis, Plerosis, and God’s Redeeming Power in the World
• 6 Grace and Nature in the Context of Election and Christological Objectivism
• 7 The Continuing Relative Value of Chalcedonian Christology: A Horizon for the Pluralistic World Christianity
• 8 The Identity of Jesus Christ and the Limits of Christological Speculation: Bonhoeffer Sets the Scene
• 9 Christology, Drama, and Vicarious Representation: Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Theology of Stellvertretung
• 10 The Difference Jesus Makes: Yuval Noah Harari and Wolfhart Pannenberg on the Shape of Universal History
• 11 What Does it Mean to Participate in Christ?
• 12 Watchman Nee’s Spiritual Food Theology and the ‘Hunger’ in Contemporary China
• 13 Black Christianities, Faith in Christ, and the Hope for Social Change
• 14 Jesus Christ in A Secular Age
• 15 Revisiting the Death of Christ for the Twenty-First Century: Towards an Atonement Model for the Scum of the Earth
• Coda: On the Past, Present, and Futures of Jesus Christ: deus pro nobis et pro mundo est
• Index