Waetjen, Herman C.2011-01-112011-01-112001Waetjen, HC 2001, 'The dichotomization of the christological paradox in the history of Christian thought and critical biblical scholarship', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 57, no. 1&2, pp. 105-147.0259-9422 (print)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15642Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFAgain and again throughout the history of Christian thought theological apologetics has dissolved the great ironic paradox of Jesus Christ into binary oppositions. In these historical contexts cultural relevancy has prevailed, and the underlying philosophical ideology has generated a disastrous subversion of the apologetic formulations of Christology in the New Testament. By calling this dichotomization into question, this essay intends to promote a postmodern hermeneutics that preserves the christological paradox and orients the constituting consciousness of theologians and scholars to both a spirituality of "being-affected-by" the biblical witness to Jesus Christ and a faith that will initiate action toward the transformation of society.enFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaChristologyDichotomizationJesus Christ -- Person and officesBible -- N.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.New Testament scholarsBiblical scholarsParadox -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityArticle