The Other Jesus - Christology in Asian Perspective

Standard works on Christology seldom give much consideration to the way Christ is perceived outside the Western tradition. The Other Jesus is an in depth study of understandings of the person of Jesus Christ by major Asian Christian theologians of the 20th century. Taking examples mainly from India and Japan, the author shows how the religious and social contexts of these countries have shaped the way in which Jesus has been understood. The final chapters examine how new approaches to Jesus have emerged from people movements in Asia in Dalit, Minjung, and feminist perceptions. Throughout the author seeks to relate Asian perspectives to Western Christologies, and to suggest ways in which they present challenges to the world wide church.

List of contents

Contents: Jesus Christ - Christology - Asian theology - Indian theology - Japanese theology - East Asian Christology - Third World theology - Liberation theology - Feminist Christology - Contextual theology.

Product details

• Authors: John Parratt
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9783631626078
• ISBN: 978-3-631-62607-8
• No. of pages: 154
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 14 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 310 g
• Series: Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums / Etudes d'histoire interculturelle du christianisme / Studies in the Intercultural History o; Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums / Etudes d'histoire interculturelle du chri; Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums / Etudes d'histoire interculturelle du christianisme / Studies in the Intercultural History o; Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums / Etudes d'histoire interculturelle du chri
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