Haight's goal is an ecumenical inculturation of Christian faith in a postmodern world saturated with historical consciousness and aware of cultural and religious pluralism.
Christology from below is Thomistic. He explores two major views that have developed in the past couple of centuries: “Christology from below” and “Christology from above”. Incarnation of God is not inherently contradictory. Haight approaches Christology "from below," beginning with Jesus of Nazareth as a human figure and concluding with a "high" Christology which affirms his divinity. Pannenberg’s famous “christology from below to above” in Jesus-God and Man attempts to bridge that gap, and, as I shared previously, in doing so he firmly rejects traditional christology “from above to below” (I can’t help but think of the evangelical response to Ehrman, How God Became Jesus, when I use that phrase). Faith can also be supported by the reason that comes from a sound understanding of the facts sent to us by God in his book. 3 considerations on Incarnation by Erickson. Basically this paper will attempt to reason, Why and how, he argue against a “theology from below,” and for a “theology from above.” The Meaning of Theology from above and Theology from below Firstly, at the outset, it will be good to explain what, “theology from above,” or “theology from below” is and then proceed. Generally, there are two main approaches to the study of Christology: “from below” and “from above”.
Following that exploration, Erickson offers a third suggestion in how to approach the debate.
Erickson proposes supporting the faith based kerygma with the historical record of Jesus’ life. Christology from above is fideistic. It is perhaps the most important area of theology. Haight approaches Christology "from below," beginning with Jesus of Nazareth as a human figure and concluding with a "high" Christology which affirms his divinity. Christology teaches us that Jesus had to be man so that He could die - and had to be God so that His death would pay for our sins. Let's do Augustinian: Faith providing the starting point from which reason may function. The reason for discontinuity can be varied.
2. = Christology begins at kerygma, and the content of kerygma inform the interpretation of data supplied by historical inquiry. This alternative approach blends theology from above and below. By “methodology,” I mean the ways people make sense of Jesus and present him to others. 1. Without a proper understanding of who Jesus Christ is and what He accomplished, all other areas of theology will be errant as well. Haight's goal is an ecumenical inculturation of Christian faith in a postmodern world saturated with historical consciousness and aware of cultural and religious pluralism. One reason beneath the different descriptions of Jesus inhabits the issue of methodology.