Acknowledgments Introduction A Web of Belief The Historical Conversation Critical Orthodoxy The Plan of the Book 1 Aut Deus Aut Malus Homo The Argument in Different Forms Jesus's Expressed Self-Understanding Mystical Oneness? Inadvertent Claims? Justified Lies? A Charlatan? Uncertainty? Need Belief That One Is Divine Imply Cognitive Impairment? Was Jesus Cognitively Impaired? The Nature of Jesus's Self-Conception Testing the Trilemma Argument 2 Resurrection, History, and Eternal Sonship Jesus and His Resurrection From Resurrection to Incarnation Jesus's Authority Interpreting the Resurrection Was the Appearance to St. Paul Typical? Ps. 110 and the Acclamation of Jesus as Lord Probing Pannenberg 3 Resurrection and Exaltation Brown's Case for Incarnational Christology Potential Difficulties with Brown's Case for Incarnation Appraising Brown 4 The Inner Logic of Christian Doctrine Authority, Revelation, and Doctrine History and Divine Action A Positive Case Why Incarnation Matters Morally and Religiously Incarnation and the Integrity of Christian Doctrine Internal Support and External Apologetics Reflecting on Hebblethwaite 5 Coincidence and Probability Swinburne's Probabilistic Argument Evaluating Swinburne's Argument Scrutinizing Swinburne 6 Early High Christology, Divine Consciousness, Resurrection, and Abduction Loke's Abductive Argument for the Incarnation Potential Challenges to Loke's Approach Looking at Loke 7 Beyond Foundationalism and Evidentialism Transcending Simple Deduction Connecting the Dots Embracing Reasons of the Heart Options and Implications Conclusion Works Cited Index.