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Images of Jesus

How Jesus Has Been Portrayed and Perceived in Other Cultures

  • Paperback
  • 208 pages
  • Publisher: SCM Press
  • 13.9 x 21.6 x 1.1 cm

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For Christians interested in global perspectives on Jesus

Addresses misconceptions about Jesus in different cultures

You will gain a deeper understanding of Christ's image

Explore diverse portrayals of Jesus across cultures in this thought-provoking book.

Jesus has been depicted in many different ways all over the world. But has he been betrayed as well as portrayed? That is the question this book sets out to answer. Antdn Wessels begins by reminding us of the changing portraits of Jesus in European art down the ages, from the youthful shepherd through the conquering emperor to the suffering and dying Christ. Later chapters range further afield. We meet Jewish perspectives on Jesus and Christian perspectives on Jesus, and then see the oppressive way in which Christ was introduced to the Indians of the New World, a way which is contrasted with the more modern approach of the liberation theologians. We are introduced to black Asian and Asiatic perceptions of Christ, and the way in which Jesus is brought into relationship with Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism. How true and trustworthy are our images of Christ? Are they legitimate, or are they distortions to serve the not-soprivate agendas of those who present them? By the end of the book, the reader is left with a good deal of food for thought.
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  • Title

    Images of Jesus

  • Author

    Anton Wessels

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    SCM Press

  • Published

    July 2012

  • Weight

    246g

  • Page Count

    208

  • Dimensions

    13.9 x 21.6 x 1.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780334006978

  • ISBN-10

    033400697X

  • Eden Code

    1926539

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