The inclusion model of the Incarnation: problems and prospects
TIM BAYNE a1
a1 Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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AbstractThomas Morris and Richard Swinburne have recently defended what
they call the ‘two-minds’ model of the Incarnation. This model, which I refer to as
the ‘inclusion model’ or ‘inclusionism’, claims that Christ had two consciousnesses,
a human and a divine consciousness, with the former consciousness contained
within the latter one. I begin by exploring the motivation for, and structure of,
inclusionism. I then develop a variety of objections to it: some philosophical, others
theological in nature. Finally, I sketch a variant of inclusionism which I call
‘restricted inclusionism’ (RI); RI can evade many, but not all, of the objections to
standard inclusionism.
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