Interfaith Afterlives of Jesus: Jesus in Global Perspective 2
Ebook
This collection of essays explores the impact of Jesus within and beyond Christianity, including his many afterlives in literature and the arts, social justice, and world religion during the past two thousand years and especially in the present global context.
This second volume focuses on the diverse interfaith afterlives of Jesus. Moving beyond the explicitly Christian afterlives traced in volume one, this set of essays explores how Jesus has significant afterlives in Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Ruism and Mormonism, as well as selected secular afterlives in progressive Christianity. The contributors include religion scholars from the respective traditions, as well as faith practitioners reflecting on Jesus within their own religious context. While the essays are all grounded in critical scholarship, reflective practice, or both, they are expressed in nontechnical language that is accessible to interested nonspecialists.
“Jesus of Nazareth was interpreted through many eyes in the first centuries, long before Christian orthodoxy emerged. This excellent book tells those stories with interpretations from Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism, and Mormonism. Contemporary interpretations detour around almost two thousand years of church theology to allow Jesus to leak beyond dogmatism and become ‘a beacon to the planet.’ What a rich feast of global stories, contextual diversity, and multifaith exploration.”
—Val Webb, author of Like Catching Water in a Net: Human Attempts to Describe the Divine
“This second volume in the series contains a superb collection of compelling essays that awaken us to the many rich, diverse, and varied ways in which Jesus has been imagined and understood in other faiths. Many chapters provide surprises and deep discernments capturing our imaginations and expanding our awareness. There is every reason to become engaged with the offerings in this volume vibrating with insights, with possibilities for a healthy conversation across religious faiths.”
—Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon, University of Divinity
“In this second volume of Afterlives each essay is a journey to the outback. Inviting readers to accompany them on a variety of treks into the interior, the authors dare readers to leave behind the traditional take on Jesus and to explore with them the possibilities of seeing Jesus in a variety of afterlives. Jesus indeed has leaked out and belongs to the earth. Each new encounter, delivering a telling insight into that ‘eccentric Jew,’ offers a startling vision and ethic of ecological care for our planet.”
—Arthur J. Dewey, Xavier University
- Title: Interfaith Afterlives of Jesus: Jesus in Global Perspective 2
- Authors: Gregory C. Jenks, Arthur J. Dewey
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666752489, 9781666752465, 1666752460, 9781666752472, 1666752479, 1666752487
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666752489
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-05-16T21:32:27Z
Gregory C. Jenks is Executive Director, Centre for Coins, Culture & Religious History, Brisbane, Australia. He was Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton 2017–22. He is the author of The Once and Future Bible (2011) and Jesus Then and Jesus Now (2014).