Fortress Press

Jesus is reported to have asked his disciples, ‘Who do you say that I am?’ David H. Jensen has given us an illuminating and accessible overview of how Christians have answered this question, from New Testament times to the present. With skill and care, he locates each author in their context and highlights their key ideas and emphasis. His excellent summaries interspersed with insightful commentary make for highly rewarding reading. The number, range, and variety of Christologies presented here from around the globe is amazing. If you’ve ever wondered what Christians have thought of Jesus, this book is for you.

The Christian community exists in order to keep alive a question once attributed to Jesus of Nazareth—‘Who do you say that I am?’ While every generation is invited to answer that question for themselves, any responsible answer will not ignore how those before us have attempted their own response to and interpretation of this figure who remains uncaptured by any one tradition or time. To that end, Jensen has provided a theologically alert survey of many such voices. Written with extraordinary clarity, this book is a reliable guide for undergraduate students and curious others.

Magisterial in scope and highly accessible in both its prose and theological explication, this book offers a refreshing account of Christian understandings of Christ. In Jensen's hands, the insights and innovations of both well-known and lesser-known thinkers from across the centuries and continents are generously and astutely rendered. This is Christology come alive.