Identity and Coherence in Christology; One Person in Two Natures

This book explores a number of closely related logical and metaphysical
questions relating to the identity of Jesus Christ. In particular, it considers:
‘What does “Jesus Christ” name?’ and ‘How may Jesus Christ be the subject of
both divine and human attributes, given their apparent incompatibility?’. The
author draws on analytic and scholastic influences and integrates them into
a rehabilitation of the neglected habitus theory of the hypostatic union. The
theory maintains a real identity between Christ and the Word and emphasises
the instrumental or possessory dimension of Christ’s relationship to his
human nature. This approach allows for an account of the hypostatic union
that is true to the indispensable articles of classical Christology and which
satisfies the demands of logical coherence. Yet, at no point is the mystery of
the Incarnational event reduced to the strictures of creaturely comprehension.
The book will be of particular interest to scholars of Christology, analytic
theology and the philosophy of religion.