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Copyright © 1987 Robert Masson 

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      Preface                                                        v

  1. Introduction                                                 1

I. THE CONTOURS OF THE CIRCLE

  2. The Problem of Bewitchment                        5

  3. Breaking into the Circle                               13

  4. The Secret: Theological Anthropology          22

  5. The Ring Shout                                           28

II. SIGHTING THE HORIZON

  6. Difficulties of the Head                               47

  7. Wounded Humanity                                     53

  8. Saving Mystery                                           67

  9. Reasonable Risk                                         87

II. FOCUSING THE CENTER 

  10. Questions of the Heart                                          97 

  •  The Reliability of the Christian Account
  • The Crediblity of the Christian Claims

  11. Jesus of Nazareth                                                115

  •  The Historical Accessibility of Jesus
  • A Man of His Times
  • A Man Apart from the Circles of His Day
  • A Man of Freedom and God
  • A Man of Integrity, and Crucified
  • The Man Whom God Raised from the Dead

  12. The Humanity of God                                           151

  • Human Paradigm
  • Parable of God
  • Dialectical Word
  • Divine Gesture

   13. A Spirited Circle                                                 184

IV. PROJECTING THE VECTOR

  14. The Scandal of the Hands and Feet                    203

  15. Fleshing Out Humanity                                      209

  16. Saving Gestures                                                218

  17. The Human Vector                                           231

 

V. COMING FULL CIRCLE

  18. Holding It Together                                           236