Prophet, Priest, and King: New Book on Christology from Global Scholars

Michael Horton, Elizabeth Mburu, Adam Smith

Michael Horton, Elizabeth Mburu, and Adam Smith discuss the new book project from Zondervan Academic, “Prophet, Priest, and King: Christology in Global Perspective” (Theology Together Series).

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What does it look like for Jesus to be a priest in the context of Hinduism? What does it look like for Jesus to be a prophet in the context of Islam? Our culture can help or hinder how we see Christ and it is only in conversation together that we can see Christ as he is represented in the biblical texts most clearly.

0:00 This wasn’t possible 50 years ago
1:22 Prophet, Priest, and King: Christology in Global Perspective (Theology Together)
2:56 Learning what it means to contextualize theology
5:33 Looking at Christ in the shadows of Confucianism, shamanism, and other contexts
9:46 This is not the mission field, this is the global church
15:33 How denominations look in Africa and the majority world
18:24 Working in the meeting place of Nicaea-Constantinople
23:13 Who is your favorite majority world theologian?
24:20 Our culture can help or hinder how we see Christ
29:03 Who will benefit from this book

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