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“lucy jansen”

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  • The Non-Western Jesus

    Jesus as Bodhisattva, Avatara, Guru, Prophet, Ancestor or Healer?

    by M. E. Brinkman, Henry Jansen, Lucy Jansen ...
    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 ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

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  • Theology in the Context of World Christianity

    How the Global Church Is Influencing the Way We Think about and Discuss Theology

    by Timothy C. Tennent ...
    Thinking more globally about the formation of theology enriches our understanding of what it means to be a Christian.It's no secret that the center of Christianity has shifted from the West to the global South and East. While the truths of the Christian faith are universal, different contexts and cultures illuminate new questions, understandings, and expressions. What does this mean for theology, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Lost Art of Scripture

    Rescuing the Sacred Texts

    by Karen Armstrong ...
    A book that shines fresh light on the world's major religions to help us build bridges between faiths and rediscover a creative and spiritual engagement with holy texts—from the New York Times bestselling author of A History of God“[An] unusual, often dazzling, blend of theology, history, and neuroscience” —The New YorkerThe significance of scripture may not be immediately obvious in our secular ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Understanding Death

    An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions

    by Angela Sumegi ...
    A comprehensive survey of how religions understand death, dying, and the afterlife, drawing on examples from Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Shamanic perspectives.Considers shared and differing views of death across the world's major religions, including on the nature of death itself, the reasons for it, the identity of those who die, religious rituals, and on how the living should respond ... Read more

    $90.00 USD

  • The Catholic Church and the World Religions

    A Theological and Phenomenological Account

    Edited by Dr. Gavin D'Costa ...
    There is no single standard textbook that outlines the official Roman Catholic theological position in relation to other religions which then explicates this orientation theologically and phenomenologically in relation to the four main religions of the world and the flowering of new religious movements in the west. The present project will cover this serious gap in the literature. After outlining ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

  • Understanding Interreligious Relations

    Edited by David Cheetham, Douglas Pratt, David Thomas ...
    The ways in which religious communities interact with one another is an increasing focus of scholarly research and teaching. Issues of interreligious engagement, inclusive of dialogue more specifically and relations more generally, attract widespread interest and concern. In a religiously pluralist world, how different communities get along with each other is not just an academic question; it is ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Christology

    A Global Introduction

    by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen ...
    In this revised introduction, an internationally respected scholar explores biblical, historical, and contemporary developments in Christology. The book focuses on the global and contextual diversity of contemporary theology, including views of Christ found in the Global South and North and in the Abrahamic and Asian faith traditions. It is ideal for readers who desire to know how the global ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Pneumatology

    The Holy Spirit in Ecumenical, International, and Contextual Perspective

    by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen ...
    An internationally respected scholar offers a biblical, historical, and theological assessment of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, focusing on the ecumenical and contextual experiences of the Spirit. This comprehensive review of pneumatology in global perspective examines various theological and denominational understandings of the Spirit, assesses key contemporary theologians of the Spirit, and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Grassroots Asian Theology

    Thinking the Faith from the Ground Up

    by Simon Chan ...
    A dynamic chapter of church history is now being written in Asia. But the theological inflections at its heart are not well understood by outsiders. The published voices of elite academic theologians have drowned out the cadences of Christian faith as it is spoken, lived and prayed in the homes and churches of Tokyo or Shanghai or Madras. Now, in Grassroots Asian Theology, Simon Chan examines ... Read more

    $27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Christ and Reconciliation

    A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, vol. 1

    by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen ...
    The first installment in a wide and deep constructive theology for our timeIn Christ and Reconciliation Veli-Matti Karkkainen develops a constructive Christology and theology of salvation in dialogue with the best of Christian tradition, with contemporary theology in its global and contextual diversity, and with other major living faiths.Karkkainen's Constructive Christian Theology for the ... Read more

    $48.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Religionless Religion

    Beyond Belief to Understanding

    by Clyde Edward Brown ...
    In these perilous times when the very survival of the human species is at stake, there is a desperate need for wisdom to provide guidance. The sacred literature of the world's major religious traditions is a source for such wisdom, but it has largely been misinterpreted and misunderstood, and, thus, instead of being a source for wisdom, it has been a source for confusion and conflict. The ancient ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • Mangoes or Bananas?

    The Quest for an Authentic Asian Christian Theology

    by Hwa Yung ...
    Asian Christian thought remains largely captive to Greek dualism and Enlightenment rationalism because of the overwhelming dominance of Western culture. Authentic contextual Christian theologies will emerge within Asian Christianity with a dual recovery of confidence in culture and the gospel. ... Read more

    $11.59 USD