Christ without Absolutes: A Study of the Christology of Ernst Troeltsch

by Sarah Coakley

Can Christians continue to worship Jesus Christ as the full, final, and "absolute" revelation of God in an age of historical relativism, an expanding universe, and the impinging of other world faiths on Western culture? The great German liberal theologian Ernst Troeltsch (1865-1923) didn't
think so, yet no full exposition of his Christology has ever been available. This bold and penetrating study provides a complete examination of Troeltsch's relativism in light of current debates in the social sciences; evaluates the strength of his case against traditional incarnationalism; and
commends Troeltsch's use of sociological and psychological tools in Christology.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 5, 1989

About the author

Sarah Coakley is a theologian, philosopher of religion and a priest of the Church of England. She is Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge.