Jesus of the East: Reclaiming the Gospel for the Wounded
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Overview
Why does our theology of salvation focus on forgiving sinners, but not on healing those wounded by sin?
Much of Western Christianity has subdued the narrative of Jesus as a Palestinian Jewish healer and liberator who served the sick and oppressed. But the Jesus of the Gospels is a revolutionary who stands with the sinned against, the wounded, and the marginalized. In Jesus of the East, author Phuc Luu re-narrates the life of Jesus to show how he made it his work to topple systems that privileged the few and disregarded the many, especially the poor and lowest.
In this provocative book, Luu offers a counter-narrative to Western Christianity, which for centuries has legitimized colonization and violence to prop up the powerful at the expense of the masses. Pulling from the tradition of the early Eastern church, the present work of theologians of the oppressed, and Luu’s own experiences as a Vietnamese immigrant, Jesus of the East offers a transformative vision of healing for the world.
For those living in the land between pain and hope, Luu’s prophetic words will renew our imaginations and draw us closer to the heart of God.
INTRODUCTION
Minjung
- Vision
Between Two Worlds
To See the Kingdom
Western Visions of Jesus and the Kingdom
Viet Kieu
- Birth, Beginnings, and the Body
I Am a Body
The Body, Descartes, and the Sciences
Black Bodies and the Body of Christ
Traversing the Divide
- Sinners, Sin, Han, and the Mission of Jesus
The Gospel of the Han-ridden
Sinners and the Sinned Against
The Fight Between Augustine and Pelagius
Ransom Imagery of the East
A Culture of Han
Joining the Work of the Kingdom
- God Against the Machine
The Politics of Jesus
Scarcity in a Nation of Prosperity
Seeing the Image of God in Each Other
The Liberating Image of God
Jesus and the Image of God
- Wounds Deep Enough to Heal
Did God Do It?
Crime and Punishment
Violence as a Solution
Healing ThroughHis Wounds
Love Changes God
- The Death of Death
The Bitter Taste of Death
The Creative Intersection of Han
Touching the Wounds of Han
Death, Sin, and Han
- The Birth of Kingdom
Alternative Histories
Reconciliation: Piecing Together Our Broken Selves
Justice: The Difference Between Fair and Right
Retributive Justice: An Eye for an Eye Wrongly Interpreted
Restorative Justice: Renewal for All Creation
Distributive Justice: Correcting the Scales
Justice and the Healing of Han
Creating Communities of Healing
Timeline of Events Listed in this Book
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Product Details
- Title : Jesus of the East: Reclaiming the Gospel for the Wounded
- Authors:
- Luu, Phuc
- Boyle, Gregory
- Publisher: Herald Press
- Publication Date: 2020
- ISBN: 9781513806730
Phuc Luu immigrated with his family to the United States from Vietnam when he was four. Luu is now a theologian, philosopher, and artist creating work in Houston, Texas, to narrow the divide between ideas and beauty. If theology is speaking about God, Luu seeks to give new language and grammar to what theology has not yet said. He served for seven years on the Nobel Peace Prize Committee for the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers). He holds degrees in theology (MDiv, PhD) and philosophy (MA), but has learned the most from the places where people ask difficult questions, where they live in the land between pain and hope, and where these stories are told.