Abstract
Thomas Morris and Richard Swinburne have recently defended what they call the 'two-minds' model of the Incarnation. This model, which I refer to as the 'inclusion model' or 'inclusionism', claims that Christ had two consciousnesses, a human and a divine consciousness, with the former consciousness contained within the latter one. I begin by exploring the motivation for, and structure of, inclusionism. I then develop a variety of objections to it: some philosophical, others theological in nature. Finally, I sketch a variant of inclusionism which I call 'restricted inclusionism' (RI); RI can evade many, but not all, of the objections to standard inclusionism.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 125-141 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Religious Studies |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2001 |
Externally published | Yes |