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Subject Guide: Christology

Topic Overview

These guides suggest books, articles, and dissertations that provide an overview of Freedom. This include freedom from demonization, inner healing, and deliverance from demons. The guides also contain sources covering background information for your research papers in this subject.

Recommended Books

Gordon D. Fee, PhD
The author provides a detailed analysis of the letters of Paul (including those whose authorship is questioned) individually, exploring the Christology of each one, and then attempts a synthesis of the exegetical work into a biblical Christology of Paul.

Scholarly Books

Available Books
  • (Library) Arrington, French L., and Roger Stronstad. Life in the Spirit New Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1999.
  • (Library) Fee, Gordon D. Pauline Christology.
  • (Library) Menzies, William W. Understanding the Times of Christ
  • (Library) McGrath, Alister E. The Mystery of the Cross.
  • (Library) Boyd, Gregory A. Cynic, Sage, or Son of God?
  • (Library) Dunn, James D. G. A New Perspective on Jesus: What the Quest for the Historical Jesus Missed
  • (Library) McGrath, Alister E. The Making of Modern German Christology.
  • Athanasius, On the Incarnation of the Word of God, Public Domain.  Forward by C.S. Lewis and Dr. Tom Morris.
  • (Library) Sanders, E. P. The Historical Figure of Jesus 
  • (Library) Witherington, Ben. Jesus the Seer: The Progress of Prophecy
Locked/Paid Books
  • Keener, Craig S. The Historical Jesus of the Gospels. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing, 2012.
  • Bruce A. Demarest, The Cross and Salvation: The Doctrine of Salvation,  Foundations of Evangelical Theology. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 1997.
  • George Eldon Ladd, A Theology of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1993).
  • Olson, Roger E. The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity and Diversity. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2016.
  •  Neihaus, “Old Testament Foundations: Signs Wonders and the People of God,” The Kingdom and the Power: Are Healing and the Spiritual Gifts Used by Jesus and the Early Church Meant for the Church Today? Ed. Gary S Greig and Kevin Springer,  (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1993).
  • Gordon D. Fee, Jesus the Lord According to Paul the Apostle: A Concise Introduction (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2018).
  • Beth Felker Jones, Practicing Christian Doctrine: An Introduction to Thinking and Living Theologically (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2014).
  • Michael W. Pahl, From Resurrection to New Creation: A First Journey in Christian Theology (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2010).
  • Dunn, James D. G. The Christ and the Spirit: Collected Essays of James D.G. Dunn, Christology, vol. 1. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing, 1998.
  • Williams, J. Rodman. Renewal Theology: Systematic Theology from a Charismatic Perspective. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011. 
  • Grudem, Wayne. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994.
  • Craig S. Keener Christobiography: Memory, History, and the Reliability of the Gospels (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2019).
  • Carson, D. A. Jesus the Son of God: A Christological Title Often Overlooked, Sometimes Misunderstood, and Currently Disputed. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012.
  • Bailey, Kenneth E. Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press Academic, 2008. (Gospels)
  • Aulén, Gustaf. Christus Victor: An Historical Study of the Three Main Types of the Idea of Atonement. New York, NY: Collier, 1986.

Popular Books (Academic Author)

Available Books
  • (Library) Wright, N. T. The Contemporary Quest for Jesus
  • (Library) McGrath, Alister E. What was God Doing on the Cross?
  • (Library) McGrath, Alister E. Incarnation. (Illustrated)
  • (Library) McGrath, Alister E. Understanding Jesus.
  • (Library) Stott, John R. W. Christ the Controversialist
  • (Library) Stott, John R. W. Jesus Christ
Locked/Paid Books
  • Randy Clark, Destined for the Cross: 16 Reasons Jesus Had to Die (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2020)
  • Ladd, George Eldon. The Gospel of the Kingdom: Scriptural Studies in the Kingdom of God. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1959.
  • Timothy Keller, Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God (New York City, NY: Penguin Publishing Group, 2011).
  • Timothy Keller, King’s Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus (New York, NY: Dutton Redeemer, 2011).

Recommended Journal Articles

Cletus L. Hull, III. Dmin, PhD

The Pneuma Review

Recommended Dissertations

Matthew Craig Larson

Doctor of Ministry at Southeastern University

Resources
  • Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ.
  • F. F. Bosworth, Christ the Healer