Leading theologian Graham Ward presents a stimulating series ofreflections on Christ and contemporary culture.
* Takes as its starting point Niebuhr's famous volume on'Christ and Culture' published in the 1970s
* Explores representations of Christ from sources as diverse asthe New Testament and twentieth-century continentalphilosophy
* Considers Christ and culture in the light of contemporarycategories such as the body, gender, desire, politics and thesublime
* Develops an original and imaginative Christology rooted inScriptural exegesis and concerned with today's culturalissues
* The author has been described as 'the most visionarytheologian of his generation'.