Table of Contents

Foreword   Francis Cardinal George, OMI     7
Introduction: The Grandmother, the Misfit, and the One Who Throws Everything Off     10
Iconic Christology
Jesus as Symbol     23
The Jesus of History     35
Doctrine and Narrativity     48
The Narratives
The Gatherer     71
The Warrior     90
King     116
The Epistemic Priority of Jesus Christ
The Scriptural Warrant     133
Modern Foundationalism     136
Natural Theology     145
The Nature of the Christ-Mind     153
The Noncompetitively Transcendent and Coinherent God
Thomas and James     191
The Distinction     204
God as Giver and Lover     230
Augustine, Aquinas, and the Trinity     246
The Display of the Christian Form: Ethics by Means of the Saints
Deontologism and Proportionalism     259
The Breakthrough     274
Edith Stein: Elevated Courage     281
Therese of Lisieux: Elevated Prudence     298
Katharine Drexel: Elevated Justice     316
Mother Teresa of Calcutta: Elevated Temperance     328
Conclusion: The Moment That Gives the Meaning     341
Bibliography     343
Index     347