The Non Western Jesus

Author : M. E. Brinkman,Henry Jansen,Lucy Jansen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317490432

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The Non-Western Jesus by M. E. Brinkman,Henry Jansen,Lucy Jansen Pdf

The centre of gravity of contemporary Christianity has shifted to the southern hemisphere where, with the exception of Latin America, almost all Christians are minorities in their home countries. Christians in Asia live amongst Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Shamanist or Taoist majorities and this context shapes the local Christian theology. The same is true in Africa where traditional religions and beliefs influence African Christians. Central to this change in both Africa and Asia is the creation of a new Jesus, one who accretes local beliefs and concerns and who, in that process, is transformed. 'The Non-Western Jesus' reveals how a new theology - with its own images and concepts - is coming into being. A wide range of embodiments of Jesus is examined: Jesus as 'Avatara' and 'Guru' in the Indian context; as 'Bodhisattva' in the Buddhist context; and Jesus within Asian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, African and Indonesian religious contexts.

Author : Pradyumna Prasad Karan
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415947138

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The Non-Western World by Pradyumna Prasad Karan Pdf

This introductory textbook provides an integrated, up-to-date introduction to the lands, people, and cultures of the non-Western world.

Author : Joe Amaral
Publisher : FaithWords
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781455512492

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Understanding Jesus by Joe Amaral Pdf

Modern-day Christians often bring their own presuppositions and assumptions to the reading of the Bible, not realizing how deeply their understanding of Christ's life and teachings is affected by a 21st-century worldview. In Understanding Jesus, author Joe Amaral delves deep into Jewish history, societal mores, and cultural traditions, closing the gap created by geographical distance and over two thousand years of history. Using a chronological approach to the life of Christ, he guides the reader through significant events such as Jesus' birth, baptism, and crucifixion, pointing out illuminating details that that the Western mind would normally miss. Amaral's premise is that to understand Jesus, we must understand the time and place in which he was born, the background from which he drew his illustrations, and the audience he spoke to. Throughout the book he explores specific terms, places, and events for their significance and shows how they add richness and meaning to the text. Topics include the connection between Jesus and John the Baptist, the annual Feasts and why they are important to modern Christianity, Jewish customs such as foot-washing, clean and unclean foods, paying tribute to political governments, and the significance of various miracles. In Understanding Jesus, Amaral draws back the curtain on a way of life that existed during the reign of the Caesars, and in doing so, reveals truths about the way we live more than two thousand years later, half a world away.

Author : Gert-Jan Roest
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004386488

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The Gospel in the Western Context by Gert-Jan Roest Pdf

In The Gospel in the Western Context, Gert-Jan Roest presents how Hendrikus Berkhof and Colin Gunton read the Western context and contextualize Christology. In “dialogue” with them he presents a Western gospel for mission in the 21st Century.

Author : Martien E. Brinkman
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789401208949

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Jesus Incognito by Martien E. Brinkman Pdf

In this book Martien Brinkman explores the Jesus incognito as found in Western film, literature, and the visual arts since 1960. His interest here is focused primarily on indirect references to the Jesus figure. To his surprise, he found an abundance of allusions to Jesus in key figures in modern art. This confirmed his view that film, literature, and the visual arts make a substantial contribution, even in secular Western culture, to continuing reflection on Jesus’ significance. Brinkman finds important characteristics of a hidden Christ in films by Gabriel Axel, Ingmar Bergman, Krzysztof Kieslowski, and Lars von Trier, novels by Peter De Vries, J.M. Coetzee, and Arnon Grunberg, poems by Les Murray and Czeslaw Milosz, and paintings by Andy Warhol, Harald Duwe, and Frans Franciscus. He defines a hidden Christ as a fictional human individual who can be seen as a new embodiment of the meaning that can be attributed in the present to the biblical figure of Jesus. The hidden Christ is therefore a contemporized Jesus figure. This book will be of interest for everyone who shares Brinkman’s quest for this Jesus incognito.

Author : Mike Minter,Minter, Mike
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780805444865

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A Western Jesus by Mike Minter,Minter, Mike Pdf

The transcendent Christ found in the Bible is rediscovered and plugged back into the wayward, truth-hungry, over-Americanized world in A Western Jesus.

Author : George W. Stroup
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664234614

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Why Jesus Matters by George W. Stroup Pdf

Perhaps no topic is more central to Christianity than the fundamental study of who Jesus Christ is and what he has done. This illuminating and necessary book on Christology considers "why Jesus matters." It offers a thoroughly accessible discussion of central issues about Jesus Christ. The author takes into account important issues from the last three decades, incorporating new and diverse voices of theologians and thinkers from around the globe who all consider from their own unique perspectives: does Jesus matter?

Author : Carl Medearis
Publisher : David C Cook
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780781406260

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Speaking of Jesus by Carl Medearis Pdf

Some of us fear moments when we need to defend our theology. Some of us seek them out. But we are seldom ready the way Jesus seemed to be ready. So how do we draw others to God in the midst of these ordinary conversations the way Jesus did? In Speaking of Jesus, Carl Medearis draws on his experience of international reconciliation between Muslims and Christians to remind us of the heart of the matter: Jesus. Here he gives us tools, stories, and the foundation we need to move beyond “us” and “them” and simply talk about the One who changes it all. As Carl writes, “While others are explaining and defending various isms and ologies we’re simply pointing people to our friend. The one who uncovers and disarms. Who leads people right to himself. The beginning and the end of the story. A good story indeed.”

Author : Gregory Monette
Publisher : Tyndale House
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781612917351

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The Wrong Jesus by Gregory Monette Pdf

In a world where atheism is a growing movement, especially in the university setting, it’s typical for students today to face doubts about the Christian faith. In fact, many have wondered at one time or another if the Bible stories about Jesus could possibly be true. Is there any way to back up what we’ve heard with real evidence? Can false information be discredited with historical proof? Now students can join Greg Monette as he explores the fascinating basis for belief in the biblical Jesus. Readers can trek through the ancient historical sources, biblical archaeology, and recent discoveries to uncover the facts about what Jesus really said and did—His birth, His miracles, His claims, and His resurrection. Written for believers, skeptics, and the non-expert, this book will help readers discover where history and faith collide— and it just might change everything.

Author : Steven Kotler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781596918351

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West of Jesus by Steven Kotler Pdf

After spending two years in bed with Lyme disease, Steven Kotler had lost everything: his health, his job, his girl, and, he was beginning to suspect, his mind. Kotler, not a religious man, suddenly found himself drawn to the sport of surfing as if it were the cornerstone of a new faith. Why, he wondered, when there was nothing left to believe in, could he begin to believe in something as unlikely as surfing? What was belief anyway? How did it work in the body, the brain, our culture, and human history? With the help of everyone from rebel surfers to rocket scientists, Kotler undertakes a three-year globetrotting quest. The results are a startling mix of big waves and bigger ideas: a surfer's journey into the biological underpinnings of belief itself.

Author : Jan Peter Schouten
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789042024434

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Jesus as Guru by Jan Peter Schouten Pdf

People in India form images of Jesus Christ that link up with their own culture. Hindus have given Jesus a place among the teachers and gods of their own religion, seeing in his life something of the wisdom and mysticism that is so central to Hinduism. Christians in India also make use of the concepts provided by Hinduism when they wish to express the meaning of Christ. Thus, in any case, Jesus is--for Hindus and Christians--a guru, a teacher of wisdom who speaks with divine authority. But for many Hindu philosophers and Christian theologians there is much more that can be said about him within the Indian framework. He can be described as an avatara, a divine descent, or linked to the Brahman, the all-encompassing Reality. This study looks at both Hindu and Christian views of Christ, starting with that of the Hindu reformer Rammohan Roy at the beginning of the nineteenth century, as well as those of the first Christian theologians of India. The views of Mahatma Gandhi and the monks of the Ramakrishna Mission are discussed, and those of influential Christian schools such as the Ashram movement and dalit theology. Five intermezzos indicate how artists in India portray Jesus Christ.

Author : Charles W. Forman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Christianity
ISBN : UCAL:$B121269

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Christianity in the Non-western World by Charles W. Forman Pdf

28 short essays describing Christianity's development in Asia and Africa from the 16th century to the present.

Author : Kwame Bediako
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608332502

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Jesus and the Gospel in Africa by Kwame Bediako Pdf

Author : Eduardus van der Borght,Paul van Geest
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 937 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004218840

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Strangers and Pilgrims on Earth by Eduardus van der Borght,Paul van Geest Pdf

Former colleagues and students honour Prof. Dr. A. van de Beek with contributions in this Festschrift on themes that have become central in his theology: christology, theology of Israel, eschatology, theology of the church, creation theology, and freedom of religion.

Author : Gene L. Green,Stephen T. Pardue,K. K. Yeo
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783688869

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Jesus without Borders by Gene L. Green,Stephen T. Pardue,K. K. Yeo Pdf

Though the makeup of the church worldwide has undeniably shifted south and east over the past few decades, very few theological resources have taken account of these changes. Jesus without Borders — the first volume in the emerging Majority World Theology series — begins to remedy that lack, bringing together select theologians and biblical scholars from various parts of the world to discuss the significance of Jesus in their respective contexts. Offering an excellent glimpse of contemporary global, evangelical dialogue on the person and work of Jesus, this volume epitomizes the best Christian thinking from the Majority World in relation to Western Christian tradition and Scripture. The contributors engage throughout with historic Christian confessions — especially the Creed of Chalcedon — and unpack their continuing relevance for Christian teaching about Jesus today.