Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and index.

A Christ-centered lens: what does it mean for anthropology to be christological? -- Beyond genitalia: Gregory of Nyssa's transformative christology and the (re)orientation of sexuality -- All will be well: suffering and redemption in Julian of Norwich's cross-shaped anthropology -- The chief article of our humanity: justification and vocation in Martin Luther's anthropological vision -- The feeling of being human: Friedrich Schleiermacher and the ecclesial mediation of true humanity -- Embodied souls: the ontological determination of the human in Karl Barth's anthropology -- Personal being: John Zizioulas and the christological grounding of human personhood -- The Black Messiah: race, liberation, and the actualization of humanity in James Cone's christological anthropology -- Developing christological visions of the human person.

What does it mean to be "truly human?" In Christological Anthropology in Historical Perspective, Marc Cortez looks at the ways several key theologians -- Gregory of Nyssa, Julian of Norwich, Martin Luther, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Karl Barth, John Zizioulas, and James Cone -- have used Christology to inform their understanding of the human person. Based on this historical study, he concludes with a constructive proposal for how Christology and anthropology should work together to inform our view of what it means to be human. Many theologians begin their discussion of the human person by claiming that in some way Jesus Christ reveals what it means to be "truly human," but this often has little impact in the material presentation of their anthropology. Although modern theologians often fail to reflect robustly on the relationship between Christology and anthropology, this was not the case throughout church history. In this book, examine seven key theologians and discover their important contributions to theological anthropology. - Publisher.

Many theologians begin their discussion of the human person by claiming that in some way Jesus Christ reveals what it means to be "truly human," but this often has little impact in the material presentation of their anthropology. Although modern theologians often fail to reflect robustly on the relationship between Christology and anthropology, this was not the case throughout church history. In this book, examine seven key theologians and discover their important contributions to theological anthropology. -- Provided by publisher.