Book Panel: A Christocentric View of God's Purpose

Why did the Son of God assume human form? For many in the Christian theological tradition, the answer is redemption—Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. But a few voices in the tradition have demurred, locating the divine motive for the incarnation supra lapsum, above the Fall. In this book panel, two recent proposals by Sam Wells and Edwin Chr. van Driel for a “supralapsarian” motive in the incarnation are critically examined and brought into conversation.