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Title: Short, compact, concise, direct...
Review: Zahl's work stood out from the beginning because of how he begins this theological treatise-- with Christology. For him, Christ is the center of God's revelation to us, the crux of our faith, the epicenter from which our thoughts and beliefs about God should expand. It sounds like a no-brainer, that we would discuss Christianity from the standpoint of Christology. Yet most theological works start with Scripture, Natural Theology... Or the question of whether or not there is a God and what leads us to believe there is... I like this approach better-- not only does it make sense (Why didn't I think of this before and write the book? I'm thinking... or, Why didn't someone else...?), but it is Biblical-- as Christ is the epicenter of the Scriptures. Short enough to be read in one sitting, you will probably want to take each of the 25 theses alone, so that you can think through (and savor) the ramifications of each.
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