Enyegue, Jean Luc (2013) “The Light Shines in the Darkness, and the Darkness has not Overcome it” The Spirit Beyond the Christological Debate: Toward a Pneumatological Interpretation of John 1:5. Licentiate thesis, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry.
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Abstract
According to Bruce Vawter, the Incarnation is not only an affirmation of Christian dogma but also the very essence of salvation. In another article in the same volume, he defines the Incarnation as “the tremendous mystery by which the eternal Word took on our human nature, becoming one of us in everything except sin (Heb 4:15); in everything, that is, except what was incompossible with divinity.”2 The pivotal question in this thesis is whether or not John 1:5, καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν (The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it) refers to the Incarnation. Johannine scholars have debated the point about where the Incarnation is first referred to in the Prologue of John. According to one hypothesis (which I will call the First Hypothesis [H1]), advocated by scholars such as Ernst Käsemann, John 1:5 refers to the Incarnation. In Chapter One below, I will first set forth the exegetical and theological reasons why these Johannine scholars propose 1:5 as a reference to the Incarnation. Second, presupposing momentarily that scholars supporting this hypothesis are right in their approach, I will take up the issue of how its insights could help with various contemporary Christological debates, specifically religious pluralism and process theology. In doing so, I will offer sympathetic case for the First Hypothesis.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Licentiate) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | The Christological Debate: Strengths and Limits of Hypothesis One, Arguments in Favor of the Second Hypothesis, Toward a Pneumatological Interpretation of John 1:5, |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity |
| Divisions: | Comparative Jesuitica |
| Depositing User: | JHI Africa |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Apr 2014 14:30 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2018 08:34 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/78 |
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