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"Stephen Webb forces his readers to rethink the common Christian understanding of materiality. Providing fresh and bracing insight, Webb takes us on a wide-ranging tour of a forgotten dimension of the Christian tradition, utilizing sources as diverse as Karl Barth, Caspar Schwenckfeld, and Joseph Smith to recover a 'heavenly flesh Christology.' This is a ground-breaking work." ---David Paulsen, Professor of Philosophy, Brigham Young University
"Webb explores the radical ramifications for theology and philosophy of an ever more intensive concentration upon the metaphysical significance of the Incarnation. In doing so he audaciously unsettles some of the most deeply seated conventions of Christian doctrine in the service of a better orthodoxy. Can vexing problems in Trinitarian taxis, Christology, and soteriology be resolved by reconceiving matter and spirit no long as opposites, 'but as the very stuff, so to speak, of the eternal Jesus Christ?' Read on." --Philip G. Ziegler, Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen
"Here is a subtle and bold argument in favor of a 'heavenly flesh' Christology, one that involves pushing the limits of many great western and eastern theologians' concerns about the pre-existence of Christ as the firstborn of all creation. Webb's criticism of the apophatic tradition's prioritization of divine immateriality and simplicity, along with his dialogue with Mormon theology, draws on dogmatics, metaphysics, and the natural sciences, confronting theological complacency." ---Carys Moseley, British Academy Research Fellow, School of Divinity, Edinburgh University
"Jesus Christ, Eternal God is an impressive combination of history, philosophy, and theology. It's been called "ground-breaking."--Common Consent
"There are good as well as bad motives for radical proposals, and Stephen H. Webb, professor of religion and philosophy at Wabash College, has a good one. Christian t
