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This essay is a response to three articles invited as responses to my earlier essay ("On Jesus: Quests for Historicity, and the History of Recent Quests," Quaker Religious Thought #94, 2000: 5-33). It was published in Quaker Religious Thought #98 (2002): 43-54.
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Religious Studies Review
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Journal of Gospels and Acts Research
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Loyola University Press
Whereas most Christology books today limit their treatment to biblical scholarship or else are personal theology, this book presents a complete review of Christological issues: methodology, biblical scholarship, conciliar teaching, and speculative development. The goal is to reconcile all of these and so present a complete systematic Christology. This is the first text to apply consistently the method and Christology of Bernard J. F. Lonergan, S. J. The integrating principle of the book is an epistemological position that allows for historical development while avoiding static dogmatism, outright relativism, and soft "inspirationalism." As a result, the book, though solidly traditional, challenges current opinion on many fronts. The Same Jesus: A Contemporary Christology is written on two levels: it addresses the ordinary reader in the text and the scholarly community in the endnotes. For non-professionals, the book provides periodic summaries, personal stories, and ease in reading. For professional critics, the epistemological basis is its strongest and most valuable contribution. "The book is a work of thoughtful scholarship. It is a helpful guide to contemporary Roman Catholic Christology and New Testament scholarship." Donal G. Dawe, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, in Theology Today, July, 1987. "His retrieval and defense of 'nature' and 'person' is a masterpiece of clarity. Very moving is his personal account of how he had to confront and affirm the divinity of Christ." Terry J. Tekippe, Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana, in Review for Religious, November-December, 1989. "Helminiak succeeds in presenting an insightful Christological synthesis with a sound epistemological foundation that reconciles contemporary scholarship and concerns with traditional belief about Jesus. He also succeeds in articulating a creative soteriology that is integral to his Christology. It is clearly written with numerous helpful summaries." Gerald M. Fagin, S.J., Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, in Theological Studies, December, 1987. "This presentation on Jesus Christ deserves serious consideration. Helminiak has boldly taken up the very issues with which every major theologian has struggled since the Enlightenment." Robert A. Kreig, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, in America, November 7, 1987. "Helminiak stresses the need for a new Christological paradigm. Yet, rather than abandon the conciliar tradition, he builds upon it and integrates into it the renewed appreciated of Jesus' full humanity. One must gratefully acknowledge the service Helminiak has rendered in setting forth so clearly the concerns which a new Christological paradigm must address." Robert P. Imbelli, Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry, Boston, Massachusetts, in Church, Spring, 1990. "Pause a moment to think about this achievement. It's a complete restatement of Catholic orthodoxy, but it incorporates very contemporary ways of reading the Bible and philosophical theology. Jesus lives on these pages." In The Christian Century, September 10-17, 1986.
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