Catholic Theologian Rejects 'Zombie Jesus'

Today I came across an essay and interview that appeared last year in Religion Dispatches by Jason VonWachenfeldt that touched on a controversy between the Vatican and systematic theologian Roger Haight. I’m not sure of the present state of the controversy, if there is one, but a year ago the Vatican had concerns about some of the views of Haight that surfaced as a result of a book he published. In order to explore the subject, VonWachenfeldt interviewed Jeremy Kirk, a student of Haight’s at Union Theological Seminary who did his MA on the professor’s Christology. Among Haight’s controversial views from the perspective of the Vatican is his perspective on the resurrection of Jesus. When asked to describe Haight’s views on this topic Kirk said: