God Will Be All in All: Theology through the Lens of Incarnation

by Anna Case-Winters

The early Christians saw in Jesus the focus and fulfillment of the conviction that God is with us. Over time, they learned to speak of that presence in terms of divine incarnation. That one theological affirmation raises questions for practically all other Christian beliefs. If God is incarnate in Jesus of Nazareth, how does that change our understanding of God's presence in all things? What does it mean to be human if the life of God has been so intimately joined to human life? How can we say "God is with us" when there is so much suffering and evil in the world? What do we mean by “us”? Just us Christians or all of us? Just human beings or also the whole creation? If we find life in the wider cosmos, is God with them too? Looking through the lens of the incarnation, how wide is the divine embrace? In this volume, Anna Case-Winters demonstrates that the doctrine of the incarnation of God in Christ is not simply one belief among others; it is the cornerstone on which all other Christian convictions are built. Throughout, she carefully lays out the consequences for Christian belief and Christian life of the ancient confession that in Christ, “the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.”

250 pages, Paperback

Published October 26, 2021

Reviews

[Steve Watson · Rating 5 out of 5]

An absolute stunner of a book on incarnation and its many implications. Combining biblical insights, as well as those from historic Christian and process/relational theology, Case-Winters addresses contemporary concerns and dilemmas with clarity and hope.

[Adam Curfman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought the best part of this book with the final chapter on the “problem of evil and suffering”. It was probably the best explanations I have read and appreciated how the idea of incarnation (and process theology) helped to answer that question.

The rest of the book was good and necessary to support the final chapter, but had pieces that I found less compelling.