The Non-Western Jesus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Non-Western Jesus write by M. E. Brinkman. This book was released on 2014-12-18. The Non-Western Jesus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The centre of gravity of contemporary Christianity has shifted to the southern hemisphere where, with the exception of Latin America, almost all Christians are minorities in their home countries. Christians in Asia live amongst Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Shamanist or Taoist majorities and this context shapes the local Christian theology. The same is true in Africa where traditional religions and beliefs influence African Christians. Central to this change in both Africa and Asia is the creation of a new Jesus, one who accretes local beliefs and concerns and who, in that process, is transformed. 'The Non-Western Jesus' reveals how a new theology - with its own images and concepts - is coming into being. A wide range of embodiments of Jesus is examined: Jesus as 'Avatara' and 'Guru' in the Indian context; as 'Bodhisattva' in the Buddhist context; and Jesus within Asian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, African and Indonesian religious contexts.
West of Jesus
West of Jesus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook West of Jesus write by Steven Kotler. This book was released on 2008-12-01. West of Jesus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. After spending two years in bed with Lyme disease, Steven Kotler had lost everything: his health, his job, his girl, and, he was beginning to suspect, his mind. Kotler, not a religious man, suddenly found himself drawn to the sport of surfing as if it were the cornerstone of a new faith. Why, he wondered, when there was nothing left to believe in, could he begin to believe in something as unlikely as surfing? What was belief anyway? How did it work in the body, the brain, our culture, and human history? With the help of everyone from rebel surfers to rocket scientists, Kotler undertakes a three-year globetrotting quest. The results are a startling mix of big waves and bigger ideas: a surfer's journey into the biological underpinnings of belief itself.
The Wrong Jesus
The Wrong Jesus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Wrong Jesus write by Gregory Monette. This book was released on 2014-03-14. The Wrong Jesus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In a world where atheism is a growing movement, especially in the university setting, it’s typical for students today to face doubts about the Christian faith. In fact, many have wondered at one time or another if the Bible stories about Jesus could possibly be true. Is there any way to back up what we’ve heard with real evidence? Can false information be discredited with historical proof? Now students can join Greg Monette as he explores the fascinating basis for belief in the biblical Jesus. Readers can trek through the ancient historical sources, biblical archaeology, and recent discoveries to uncover the facts about what Jesus really said and did—His birth, His miracles, His claims, and His resurrection. Written for believers, skeptics, and the non-expert, this book will help readers discover where history and faith collide— and it just might change everything.
Clouds of Witnesses
Clouds of Witnesses - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Clouds of Witnesses write by Mark A. Noll. This book was released on 2011-03-24. Clouds of Witnesses available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In seventeen inspiring narratives Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom introduce a new and robust company of saints that has left a lasting imprint on the new Christian heartlands of Africa and Asia. Spanning a century, from the 1880s to the 1980s, their stories demonstrate the vitality of the Christian faith in a diversity of contexts.
The Myth of the Non-Christian
The Myth of the Non-Christian - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Myth of the Non-Christian write by Luke Cawley. This book was released on 2016-02-17. The Myth of the Non-Christian available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Evangelism is not one-size-fits-all. In this book Luke Cawley shows how we can contextualize the gospel in different ways to connect with three key demographics: the spiritual but not religious, committed atheists and nominal Christians. Filled with real-life stories of changed lives, this book is a practical and hopeful resource for helping people to encounter God.
