Jesus beyond Christianity : the classic texts /
edited by Gregory A. Barker and Stephen E. Gregg; foreword by Desmond M. Tutu.
- xii, 302 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
I. JESUS IN JUDAISM: THE CLASSIS TEXTS -- 1. Dangerous times for Jews -- 2. The rejected disciple -- 3. A teacher of Jewish law -- 4. The Bible testifies against the deity of Jesus -- 5. The church-not Jesus-is the Heretic -- 6. Jesus: Jewish evangelist to the Gentiles -- 7. Reasons for Jewish evangelist to the Gentiles -- 7. Reasons for Jewish silence on Jesus -- 8. Jesus: an unoriginal Pharisee -- 9. Jesus: forerunner of the reform Jew -- 10. The value of the Gospels for a Jew -- 11. Jesus: a prophet -- 12. Jesus: destroyer of culture and nation -- 13. Jesus on Jewish soil -- 14. No sentimental love --
II. JESUS IN ISLAM: THE CLASSIS TEXTS -- 1. The miraculous conception of Jesus -- 2. The mission of Jesus -- 3. At the end of Jesus' mission -- 4. Responses to Jesus -- 5. A final word from the Qur'an -- 6. Jesus in the Hadith -- 7. The ascetic Jesus -- 8. Jesus and the powers of God -- 9. Jesus in the graveyard -- 10. A rationalist examines Christian claims about Jesus -- 11. Jesus: a mirror of God -- 12. Jesus and the fool -- 13. On praising a human being -- 14. Realizing God -- 15. Who died on the cross? -- 16. Jesus in India -- 17. Jesus and non-violence -- 18. Jesus between us and you --
III. JESUS IN HINDUISM: THE CLASSIS TEXTS -- 1. Jesus was a unitarian -- 2. A divine teacher-not atoner -- 3. Jesus: the ideal son -- 4. Repudiate the little Christ -- 5. Jesus: simple, honest, and ignorant -- 6. Mystical experiences of the universal Jesus -- 7. Jesus is like Ramakrishna -- 8. Jesus vs. His Christian followers -- 9. Jesus was oriental -- 10. Jesus is the property of the world -- 11. Christ has yet to be born -- 12. Jesus' message continued to be ignored -- 13. An avatar of sorrow -- 14. Jesus: an Eastern seer --
IV. JESUS IN BUDDHISM: THE CLASSIC TEXTS -- 1. Jesus: son of Dubious deity -- 2. The founder of a passive religion -- 3. Jesus: a teacher of morality -- 4. A demon in disguise -- 5. Birth omens compared -- 6. A man between Egoism and universalism -- 7. Jesus: absolute and relative -- 8. Obliterating God consciousness -- 9. A man of contradictions -- 10. The good heart of Jesus
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