The course offers a historical approach to the study of Christology.  It will examine the formative developments of the Christological doctrine in the early centuries, from the New Testament to the more metaphysical debates leading to Chalcedon (451). We shall then explore the extent to which the definition of Chalcedon informed later development in Scholastic and Protestant Christologies. We will then turn to modern Christological approaches in the contemporary period, including feminist and liberationist contributions. The course will conclude with a discussion of non-Western perspectives, and expand the conversations to other religious believers, emphasizing the need to reinterpret the mystery of Jesus Christ in a global setting with its diverse cultural and religious contexts. [A course in New Testament or Gospel; 20 max enrollment]