A shocking claim at the heart of Christianity is that God, the creator and sustaining force of existence, took on human flesh in the person of Jesus Christ . Stranger still, Christians maintain that God manifested as the newborn son of a peasant woman named Mary and a laborer named Joseph. Unable to secure even the humblest of rooms during her labor, Mary gave birth to the God baby in the dank recesses of a cave.

The disorienting and marvelous story of the Nativity has captivated and confounded the world for thousands of years. The idea that God would empty himself of his divinity and take the form of a servant cuts sharply against our every instinct, especially the human preoccupation with power. Indeed, the struggle for power is now so central to the human experience that even the dead are expected to participate by resting “in power” instead of peace. That God would reveal his nature by renouncing his power is not only confusing to the........

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