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2011 (3-4 November)

This is an excellent, and short, treatise on why God became man. It is not perfect. It seems at some points to treat the Incarnation as reactionary, almost as if God were surprised by our sin and needed to respond to it. But overall, the reasons he gives for why God became man ought to be studied by all Christians. Some would do good to remember that Christ came to do more than simply save us from sin. Others would do equally well to remember that Christ came for more than to provide an example of perfect humanity. Both, and more, will be encouraged and critiqued by Athanasius' work.