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Asian Faces of Jesus (Paperback)
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Asian Faces of Jesus (Paperback)
Series: Faith & cultures series
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Although Jesus was born in the western part of Asia it was not
until 1500 later that Asia experienced the full impact of Jesus?
person and teaching. Western missionaries, the primary transmitters
of Christianity, left behind a Western understanding of Jesus.
Today, Asians are seeking the face of the original Jesus?his Asian
face. For them, all understandings of Jesus arise out of particular
contextual needs. Enriching the Western understanding of Jesus they
employ new interpretive resources and their own cultural symbols
and thought patterns as they meet Jesus anew and make sense of his
message for their own time and place. Contributors include: Ovey N.
Mohammed, Seiichi Yagi, Aloysius Pieris, Stanley J. Samartha,
Michael Amaladoss, C.S. Song, Kosuke Koyama, Michael Rodrigo, Chung
Hyun Kyung, and Sebastian Kappen. R.S. Sugirtharajah, a Sri Lankan
theologian and lecturer, is Professor of Biblical Hermeneutics at
the University of Birmingham, England. Prior to his current
appointment, he was Senior Lecturer in Third World Theologies at
Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham. His other books include The
Post-Colonial Biblical Reader and Voices from the Margin:
Interpreting the Bible in the Third World.
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