Confessions of a Heretic

What happens to Christian theology when God, not humanity, is the starting point? In the second volume of Confessions of a Heretic, Eric Leland Saak turns from philosophy to theology. Building on the distinctions and definitions laid out in Volume 1, he asks what those philosophical considerations mean for the basic terms and understandings of Christian theology, including the Trinity, Jesus Christ, sin and salvation, and the life of Jesus of Nazareth, his crucifixion and resurrection. His argument is that Christian theology needs to move from an anthropocentric approach to a theocentric one, recognizing human beings simply as creatures and having the courage to face what that entails. Doing so calls for a radical reconceptualization of the foundations of Christian theology itself, in an effort to combat idolatry. Volume 2 is organized in three parts and follows the project's trinitarian structure, focusing on "God the Son," or, in the author's terms, "God" the Perfector. It follows Volume 1, Philosophical Considerations (2024), and precedes Volume 3, Ecclesiological Considerations (2026). For readers of systematic theology, Christology, Augustinian thought and the philosophy of religion.