Jesus, the Crucified People

by C. S. Song

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 1996

Overview

A deeply moving and challenging book, Jesus, the Crucified People breaks a theological stranglehold on the figure of Jesus and glimpses in a new, non-Western way both Jesus and Christianity.

Against the rich cultural background of Asia, C.S. Song’s volume explores the mystery of the Word that from the beginning of time now comes poignantly to us in the stories and testimonies of women, men, and children. Song eloquently fashions a “people hermeneutic” to sketch an account of Jesus’ life, ministry, death, and resurrection for our world today.

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Key Features

• Poses the question “who is Jesus?” in regard to the layman and those outside of Western culture
• Explores the countercultural nature of Christ’s ministry and applies that to the faith of the modern believer
• Challenges the reader to look at Christianity outside of the Western traditional perspective

Contents

• Prologue: Oh, Jesus, Here with Us!
• Controversy with God
• No to the God of Retribution
• Distance between Abba and God
• The Scandal of the Cross
• Karuna of God
• An Interrupted Life
• Who Do You Say That I Am?
• Great Temptations
• The Last Supper at Round Table
• Jesus Is the Crucified People
• Index of Scriptural References

Praise for the Print Edition

A powerful Asian Christology. The suffering of Asian women, men, and children struggling for life in the face of death confronts us with the passion of Christ in our neighbor.

—Letty M. Russell (1929–2007), assistant professor of theology, Yale Divinity School

C. S. Song groans, cries, shouts, protests, and argues passionately against the God who crucified Jesus among the people of Asia . . . This theology is a great leap from Western and Latin American liberation theologies.

—David Kwang-sun Suh, former dean, Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul

Product Details

• Title: Jesus, the Crucified People
• Author: C.S. Song
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
• Publication Date: 1996
• Pages: 242

About C. S. Song

Choan-Seng Song (born 1929) is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theology and Asian Cultures at the Pacific School of Religion and acting minister at the Formosan United Methodist Church in San Leandro, California. He studied at National Taiwan University (1950-1954), the University of Edinburgh (1955-1958) and Union Theological Seminary, where he received his PhD in 1965.