The Contemporary Jesus

Author : Thomas J. J. Altizer
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791433757

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The Contemporary Jesus by Thomas J. J. Altizer Pdf

Integrates a contemporary understanding of Jesus with the most powerful, imaginative visions of Jesus in philosophy, literature, and religion. The Contemporary Jesus is the first critical study integrating contemporary understanding of Jesus with the most powerful, imaginative visions of Jesus in our history. The book imaginatively engages many views of Jesus: an apocalyptic Jesus, gnostic Jesus, Buddhist Jesus, Pauline Jesus, Crossan's Jesus, and the Catholic, Protestant, and nihilistic views found in writers such as Dante, Joyce, Milton, Blake, Dostoyevsky, and Nietzsche. Altizer also examines the Jesus who emerges from the Jesus Seminar. Seldom, if ever, has there been such an intense public and critical engagement with Jesus, as our New Testament scholarship is wholly isolated from both our imaginative and our conceptual traditions, and likewise isolated from all genuine theological or even religious understanding. The Contemporary Jesus bridges that chasm, this alone making the book unique, but the book is also an embodiment of a contemporary radical theology which is Christian and universal at once. It intends a critical recovery of the original Jesus that can be integrated with our deeper history, a history which is finally a universal history, but a universal history that is wholly opaque to our given and established theological understanding.

Author : Marcus Borg
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1994-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1563380943

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Jesus in Contemporary Scholarship by Marcus Borg Pdf

An accessible guide through the growing maze of literature and research on Jesus. Examines issues in contemporary Jesus research and looks at the potential of current research for helping rethink Jesus' identity and the implications for the reader and the church.

Author : Brennan R. Hill
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725234024

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Jesus, the Christ by Brennan R. Hill Pdf

Christology, that is, the study of Jesus, is a many-faceted subject. In this new edition of Jesus, the Christ, Brennan Hill clearly and cogently explores this critical theological area, resulting in a luminous and reliable portrait of the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith. He deftly surveys both the breadth of information covered in the previous edition as well as the wealth of developments that have occurred in the field since the early 1990s. Jesus, the Christ looks at the people and places in Jesus' time, then moves to a search for the historical Jesus. Hill next looks at the many areas of Jesus' life and mission: teacher, prophet, miracle worker, man of the earth, advocate for women, savior, and liberator. He examines the main gospel stories about Jesus' birth, death, and resurrection, and illustrates how the early christological doctrines developed. This new edition is written in a more informal and accessible style, enabling students to well understand and grasp the concepts and facts about the subject. Each chapter ends with discussion questions and a list of suggestions for further reading. Jesus, the Christ is eminently readable, constantly challenging, and filled with timely information in nontechnical language. It is strongly rooted in the best of modern biblical translation, and will be welcomed by students, teachers, and the general reader alike.

Author : Marcus J. Borg
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061747625

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Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time by Marcus J. Borg Pdf

Of the many recent books on the historical Jesus, none has explored what the latest biblical scholarship means for personal faith. Now, in Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, Marcus Borg addresses the yearnings of those who want a fully contemporary faith that welcomes rather than oppresses our critical intelligence and openness to the best of historical scholarship. Borg shows how a rigorous examination of historical findings can lead to a new faith in Christ, one that is critical and, at the same time, sustaining. "Believing in Jesus does not mean believing doctrines about him," Borg writes. "Rather, it means to give one's heart, one's self at its deepest level, to . . . the living Lord." Drawing on his own journey from a naive, unquestioning belief in Christ through collegiate skepticism to a mature and contemporary Christian faith, Borg illustrates how an understanding of the historical Jesus can actually lead to a more authentic Christian life—one not rooted in creeds or dogma, but in a life of spiritual challenge, compassion, and community. In straightforward, accessible prose, Borg looks at the major findings of modern Jesus scholarship from the perspective of faith, bringing alive the many levels of Jesus' character: spirit person, teacher of alternative wisdom, social prophet, and movement founder. He also reexamines the major stories of the Old Testament vital to an authentic understanding of Jesus, showing how an enriched understanding of these stories can uncover new truths and new pathways to faith. For questioning believers, doubters, and reluctant unbelievers alike, Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time frees our understanding of Jesus' life and message from popular misconceptions and outlines the way to a sound and contemporary faith: "For ultimately, Jesus is not simply a figure of the past, but a figure of the present. Meeting that Jesus—the living one who comes to us even now—will be like meeting Jesus again for the first time."

Author : N. T. Wright
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451414951

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The Contemporary Quest for Jesus by N. T. Wright Pdf

One of the most prominent voices in New Testament research today concisely explores what he sees as the six major questions historical Jesus research must address, including: How does Jesus fit into Judaism? What were Jesus' aims? and Why did Jesus die?

Author : John Macquarrie
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0334029104

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Jesus Christ in Modern Thought by John Macquarrie Pdf

Here, following the example of Rahner and Pannenberg, John Macquarrie examines Jesus Christ's humanity to his origin as God. Part one considers the New Testament sources, including the "classical theology" period. Part two examines the Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment critique of classical christology (i.e. studying Jesus Christ as him from above, as opposed to his humanity), while in part three, Macquarrie makes his own christological statement on who Jesus Christ really is for us today.

Author : Mark Allan Powell
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664257038

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Jesus as a Figure in History by Mark Allan Powell Pdf

Essential reading for anyone interested in the historical Jesus debate, this volume offers a comprehensive and balanced account of research into the person of Jesus.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Bible
ISBN : WISC:89081877227

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Contemporary Thinking about Jesus by Anonim Pdf

Author : J. Ed Komoszewski,M. James Sawyer,Daniel B. Wallace
Publisher : Kregel Publications
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780825497568

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Reinventing Jesus by J. Ed Komoszewski,M. James Sawyer,Daniel B. Wallace Pdf

Reinventing Jesus cuts through the rhetoric of extreme doubt to reveal the profound credibility of historic Christianity. Meticulously researched yet eminently readable, this book invites a wide audience to take a firsthand look at the primary evidence for Christianity's origins.

Author : Brennan Hill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0896224929

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Jesus, the Christ by Brennan Hill Pdf

Comprehensive and up-to-date research combined with the author's great gift of communication makes this a particularly popular text for introducing the historical Jesus to college students and adults. Current issues are treated with clarity and candor.

Author : William E. Arnal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317324409

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The Symbolic Jesus by William E. Arnal Pdf

It is widely accepted that Jesus was a Jew. However, both Christian and New Testament scholarship have a strong anti-Jewish history. 'The Symbolic Jesus' presents the controversies surrounding the Jewishness of Jesus. It examines the insistence among historical Jesus scholars that Jesus was a Jew and the ways this frames the figure of Jesus in ancient Christian literature. The book examines the anti-Jewish legacy of the past and more recent approaches to biblical scholarship. Contemporary identity issues - scholarly, political, religious and cultural - are shown to lie at the heart of the debate.

Author : Thomas J. J. Altizer
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997-02-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791494653

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The Contemporary Jesus by Thomas J. J. Altizer Pdf

The Contemporary Jesus is the first critical study integrating a contemporary understanding of Jesus with the most powerful, imaginative visions of Jesus in our history. The book imaginatively engages many views of Jesus: an apocalyptic Jesus, gnostic Jesus, Buddhist Jesus, Pauline Jesus, Crossan's Jesus, and the Catholic, Protestant, and nihilistic views found in writers such as Dante, Joyce, Milton, Blake, Dostoyevsky, and Nietzsche. Altizer also examines the Jesus who emerges from the Jesus Seminar. Seldom, if ever, has there been such an intense public and critical engagement with Jesus, as our New Testament scholarship is wholly isolated from both our imaginative and our conceptual traditions, and likewise isolated from all genuine theological or even religious understanding. The Contemporary Jesus bridges that chasm, this alone making the book unique, but the book is also an embodiment of a contemporary radical theology which is Christian and universal at once. It intends a critical recovery of the original Jesus that can be integrated with our deeper history, a history which is finally a universal history, but a universal history that is wholly opaque to our given and established theological understanding.

Author : John Macquarrie
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015018450570

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Jesus Christ in Modern Thought by John Macquarrie Pdf

In this long-awaited book, John Macquarrie turns to one of the few areas of Christian theology to which he has not yet devoted systematic attentionthat of christology.

Author : Joseph Klausner
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725283459

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Jesus of Nazareth by Joseph Klausner Pdf

Author : Bob Gersztyn
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780313377709

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Jesus Rocks the World [2 Volumes] by Bob Gersztyn Pdf

Contemporary Christian musiccommonly referred to by the acronym CCMis a catchall term that describes a wide range of types of music, encompassing work produced in the late 1960s to the 21st century, and incorporating rock and folk music influences. Contemporary Christian music enjoys widespread popularity, despite being unfamiliar to many modern music listeners; in recent years, sales of CCM have exceeded other more mainstream categories like jazz, Latin, and classical. This book tells the story of contemporary Christian music over the course of more than half a century--a parallel music universe that the average person knows little about, but whose worldwide impact cannot be overemphasized. Christian theology has had a tremendous impact and influence on world civilization in the 20th and 21st centuries, and music has often acted as a catalyst in the evolution of the culture and religious thought of Western civilization. Similarly, contemporary Christian music has shaped other seemingly unrelated forums of modern music, and thereby influenced our society at large. Jesus Rocks the World: The Definitive History of Contemporary Christian Music is organized chronologically, beginning in the 1960s and concluding with present-day developments in CCM. The core of the book is formed around the author's 40 years of direct experience with CCM, condensed into cultural and musical histories that explore every aspect of the genre, including the key artists, CCM-specific record companies, epic concerts and unforgettable festivals, groundbreaking albums, and its underlying philosophy and theology. Special attention is also paid to the intersection of contemporary Christian music with general market pop music, making mention of top artists such as Bob Dylan, Amy Grant, and U2. Bob Gersztyn has been a freelance photojournalist and writer since 1994. He was previously an ordained minister who became involved in the Jesus movement in Los Angeles, CA, in 1971.Publisher's note.