ABSTRACT
The contemporary Christological crisis consists of two basic problems: modern historicism and the dualism in Western thought between Logos and praxis. The most salient example of modern historicism in the biblical field is the quest for the historical Jesus that began in the nineteenth century and continues today through the so-called second and third quests. Many liberation theologies have radically questioned the relevance of Church doctrines to historical situations. Dualism is a dilemma prevalent in contemporary Christology. The Christological enterprise may call for an entirely new hermeneutical paradigm with a new root-metaphor. The understanding of Logos has been modified and developed notably since Western Christologies adopted it as their root-metaphor.
