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Informationen zum Autor James Atkinson (Dr. Theol., Münster; DD h.c., Hull), Founder and Director of the Centre for Reformation Studies and Honorary Fellow, St John's College, Durham, was formerly Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield. A leading evangelical, he held a variety of prominent positions in the university and the church, including service as member of the General Synod of the Church of England, theological adviser to the Archbishop of Canterbury, President of the Society for the Study of Theology and Membre de l'Académie des Sciences Religieuses. His publications include Martin Luther: Prophet to the Church Catholic and many other books on Luther and the Reformation. His book Faith Lost: Faith Regained (2005) is also published in this series. James Atkinson died in 2011 at the age of 97. Klappentext Human beings have always struggled to find their place in the universe and sought understanding and contact with the divine. In contrast to the many failures and dead-ends the historically rooted but timeless Christian message looks radically different. Precisely the reverse dynamic has created the way: In the Incarnation the divine has come to humanity, making a bridge through the life and redeeming death of Jesus. As the author shows, the multiple witnesses of the New Testament and generations of Christian writers have grasped this and expounded it in their different ways. The philosophers and the scientists down to the present day have sought and are seeking a Theory of Everything. In the light of the candle of understanding, it is there to be discovered by all in the Incarnation. Suddenly, Christmas, Easter, and much besides, make sense.
