Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-124) and indexes.

Introduction: Reading the readings -- The shape of the debate -- The biblical Christ -- The creation of the classic creed -- Early debates over Christ's humanity -- The two-natures doctrine : Chalcedon, its interpretation, defenses, and opponents -- Jesus of history or Christ of faith? -- The problem posed -- The quest for the historical Jesus -- The water-shed of the resurrection -- The human God? -- Classical two-natures christology : the divine working through the human -- Incarnation as kenosis : the self-emptying of divinity -- The significance of incarnation -- Revelation, evidence, and meaning -- A Christ for all? -- Christologies of liberation -- Feminist christologies -- Black and Asian christologies -- A universal christology?