The Vicarious Humanity of Christ and the Reality of Salvation

In this book the problem of the reality of salvation is addressed by T.F. Torrances doctrine of the vicarious humanity of Christ. Through this approach salvation as humanization is affirmed yet without the problems of anthropocentric theologies. This book is unique in that it offers both a survey of contemporary Christian thinking on salvation as well as a constructive alternative based on Torrances doctrine a significant yet neglected contribution to modern theology. Christian D. Kettler is Professor of Theology and Philosophy Director of the Master of Arts in Christian Ministry program at Friends University in Wichita Kansas an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and Theologian in Residence at the Church of the Savior in Wichita. He is the author of The God Who Believes: Faith Doubt and the Vicarious Humanity of Christ (Cascade 2005) Reading Ray S. Anderson: Theology as Ministry Ministry as Theology (Pickwick 2010) and coeditor (with Todd H. Speidell) of Incarnational Ministry: The Presence of Christ in Church Society and Family: Essays in Honor of Ray S. Anderson (Wipf and Stock 2009).