ABSTRACT

Christology in the twentieth century was a very exciting affair, witnessing huge shifts in method and representation and the emergence of a rainbow of Christ's which lit our Christian landscapes throughout the globe. With a shift to post-metaphysical Christology the body as a site for ongoing incarnation becomes the site for transformation and flourishing; this can no longer be delayed to a heaven. Indeed it may be the reality of incarnational theology since it gives us little option but to engage with the unfolding of our godding through the telling of our lives in the light of a communal story. Christianity tells stories of strange, queer transformations, of unstable categories and bodies all enacted through the body of a man who proclaimed God with us. It seems then that right from the beginning, Christians have understood as redemption does not occur through cosmic intervention but through passionate engagement with the world and those in it.