Book excerpt: In a time when muttering the word "God" doesn't come easy, what does it mean to call Jesus the Christ? In this book, Fuller investigates the possibility of a robust constructive Christology that engages three different theological registers - the historical, the existential, and the metaphysical Beginning his Christology, not from above or below, but from within the Disciple's confession of Jesus as the Christ, Fuller goes on to construct a powerful Open and Relational Christology. At the heart of the text are three generative pairings of contemporary thinkers that share a thematic center with distinct trajectories. Each figure is articulated and woven into a developing vision of God's divine self-investment in history and ultimately in the person of Jesus. The constructive proposal not only utilizes an Open and Relational vision but reshapes it in light of God's self-investment in Christ. The theological significance of Fuller's proposal is wide-reaching, engaging topics such as revelation, divine power, evil, the cross, eschatological hope, the imago dei, and the Spirit. What They're Saying... "This ambitious Christology marks Tripp Fuller as one of the most significant young systematic theologians to emerge on the scene in recent years. One can profitably read this book as an introduction to Open and Relational Theology; as a refresher on Logos Christology, Spirit Christology, and the quest for the historical Jesus; or as a primer on his six theological discussion partners. But the brilliance of the volume is actually the blending of biblical, classical, and process insights into a single moving vision of God's self-investment in creation, Israel, and Jesus. Rarely have I encountered a young theologian who writes with this level of systematic depth." -- Philip Clayton, Ingraham Professor, Claremont School of Theology "Tripp Fuller masterfully engages the crucial Christian question: Who do we say Jesus is? Engaging history, philosophy and theology, Fuller offers a vision of Jesus that weds evangelical convictions with progressive insights. His work stands aside that of John Cobb, David Griffin and Elizabeth Johnson for required reading in Christology." -- Monica A. Coleman, Professor of Africana Studies, University of Delaware, author of Making a Way Out of No Way: a Womanist Theology