ABSTRACT
The author has responded to each participant, in the following order: Nick Trakakis on Orthodoxy, Kevin Hart on Catholicism, Michael Rea on Protestantism and, Heather Eaton whose 'ecological' position resists any simple option of 'accepting' or 'rejecting' Christianity. Trakakis brings to light an important issue about the status of the 'Position Statements' on Christian conceptions of divinity and related matters. He considers Christology, focusing on the 'exchange formula': "God became man so that man might become God". Rea allows materialism about minds as consistent with Christian understanding –and this is because he recognizes that Christian belief in the resurrection is in the resurrection of the body. Eaton presents herself as having moved away from what she regards as orthodox Christianity and reports that her current relations with the Church are tenuous. Christians understand humanity as in need of salvation in virtue of original sin, and the plan of salvation as involving atonement through the incarnation.
