The Non-Western Jesus: Jesus As Bodhisattva, Avatara, Guru, Prophet, Ancestor or Healer?
by Brinkman,M. E.Format: Nonspecific Binding
Pub. Date: 2009-04-15
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Summary
The centre of gravity of contemporary Christianity has shifted to the southern hemisphere. However, except in South America, almost all Christians in the southern hemisphere are minorities in their home countries. In Asia they live amongst the Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Shamanist or Taoist majorities, which are increasingly affecting the Christian theology that is done there. The same is happening in Africa, in the relation between African Christians and traditional African religions. A non-Western theology with its own images and concepts is coming into being.
Author Biography
Martien E. Brinkman is professor of theology at the VU University, Amsterdam, and was a staff member for several years at the Centre for Intercultural Theology (Non-Western Theology, Interreligious Dialogue, Missiology and Ecumenics) (Centre IIMO) in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Where is Jesus "at Home"? | p. 1 |
| The Cultural Embedding of the Gospel | p. 3 |
| Something New about Jesus? | p. 17 |
| The Asian Religious Context | p. 37 |
| Sources of Asian Theology | p. 39 |
| The Unique Nature of Asian Theology | p. 51 |
| The Chinese Jesus | p. 57 |
| The Chinese Context | p. 59 |
| Jesus as Bodhisattva | p. 79 |
| Jesus in a Buddhist Context | p. 81 |
| The Japanese and Korean Jesus | p. 101 |
| The Japanese Jesus | p. 103 |
| The Korean Jesus | p. 123 |
| The Indian Jesus | p. 139 |
| Historical Encounters | p. 141 |
| Examples of Reflection on Jesus | p. 149 |
| Jesus as Avatara and Guru | p. 158 |
| The Indonesian Jesus | p. 169 |
| The Indonesian Religious Context | p. 171 |
| Indonesian Images of Jesus | p. 181 |
| Other Indonesian Interpretations of Jesus | p. 191 |
| The African Jesus | p. 201 |
| The African Religious Context | p. 203 |
| African Images of Jesus | p. 224 |
| Conclusions | p. 241 |
| Methodical Conclusions | p. 243 |
| Substantial Conclusions | p. 254 |
| Was Jesus Already in Asia and Africa before the Missionaries Came? | p. 261 |
| Notes | p. 263 |
| Bibliography | p. 294 |
| Index of Names | p. 323 |
| Index of Subjects | p. 328 |
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