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The non-western Jesus : Jesus as bodhisattva, Avatara, Guru, prophet, ancestor or healer? / Martien E. Brinkman ; translated by Henry and Lucy Jansen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Dutch Series: Cross cultural theologiesPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 338 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781315710938
  • 1315710935
  • 1322509816
  • 9781322509815
  • 1317490436
  • 9781317490432
  • 1845537262
  • 9781845537265
  • 1317490428
  • 9781317490425
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 232 B858
  • 232 B858
LOC classification:
  • BT304.94 .B75 2014
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
pt. 1. Where is Jesus "at home"? -- pt. 2. The Asian religious context -- pt. 3. The Chinese Jesus -- pt. 4. Jesus as Bodhisattva -- pt. 5. The Japanese and Korean Jesus -- pt. 6. The Indian Jesus -- pt. 7. The indonesian Jesus -- pt. 8. The African Jesus -- pt. 9. Conclusions.
Summary: 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.

This edition originally published in English 2009 by Equinox Publishing Ltd., an imprint of Acument.

Originally published in Dutch as De niet-Westerse Jezus: Jezus als bodhisattva, avatara, goeroe, profeet, voorouder of genezer? by Uitgeverij Meinema 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. 1. Where is Jesus "at home"? -- pt. 2. The Asian religious context -- pt. 3. The Chinese Jesus -- pt. 4. Jesus as Bodhisattva -- pt. 5. The Japanese and Korean Jesus -- pt. 6. The Indian Jesus -- pt. 7. The indonesian Jesus -- pt. 8. The African Jesus -- pt. 9. Conclusions.

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.

English.