Jesus in Asia

Reconstructions of Jesus occurred in Asia long before the Western search for the historical Jesus began in earnest. Asians remade Jesus at times appreciatively and at other times critically. R. S. Sugirtharajah situates the historical Jesus beyond the narrow confines of the West and offers an eye-op...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: R.S. Sugirtharajah
Format: Printed Book
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2018
Subjects:
Jesus Christ > Oriental interpretations. Jesus Christ > Hindu interpretations. Jesus Christ > Humanity.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Asian search for the historical Jesus
  • Jesus in the sutras, stele, and suras
  • The heavenly elder brother
  • A Judean jnana guru
  • The nonexistent Jesus
  • A Jaffna man's Jesus
  • Jesus as a Jain tirthankara
  • An Upanishadic mystic
  • A minjung messiah
  • Jesus in a kimono
  • Conclusion: Our Jesus, their Jesus.

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