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The non-western Jesus Jesus as bodhisattva, avatara, guru, prophet, ancestor, or healer / by Brinkman, M. E., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…-- The Asian religious context -- Sources of Asian theology -- The Bible and other Asian holy books (Samartha) -- From Israel to Asia : a theological leap (song) -- Overwhelming poverty as a theological source (pieris) -- The unique nature of Asian theology -- The critical Asian principle -- Asian theology in the whole of world Christianity -- The interwovenness of the divine and the human -- The Chinese Jesus -- The Chinese context -- The image of Jesus among the first Christians in China -- Mediation in Confucianism -- Mediation in Taoism -- Mediation in Chinese Buddhism -- The current theological state of affairs in China -- Jesus as Bodhisattva -- Jesus in a Buddhist context -- A historical comparison -- A contemporary comparison -- An external mediator of salvation? …”
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