What questions seem to be particularly relevant now when one reflects on the incarnation of the word of God? What is the primary meaning of incarnation faith? The incarnation is a mysterious paradox-one and the same individual is both divinely infinite and humanly infinite, and yet the redeeming love of God is the key to God's saving love towards human beings and their world. Gerald O'Collins explores the credibility of this paradox by examining issues as varied as astronomy and existentialism.