The Non-Western Jesus: Jesus As Bodhisattva,

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.

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.

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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