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A compositional incarnation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2016

WILLIAM HASKER*
Affiliation:
Huntington University, 2753 W 450 S (home address), Huntington, IN 46750, USA

Abstract

This article expounds and defends a compositional view of the incarnation, in which the eternal divine Son assumes a human body and soul as parts of himself. Objections to the view are answered, and it is argued that it is superior to other metaphysical accounts of the incarnation.

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Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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