Neo-Hindu Views of Christianity
Author : Sharma
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 35,82 MB
Release : 2023-09-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9004646388
What Every Hindu Should Know about Christianity
Author : Kalavai Venkat
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,73 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Christian life
ISBN : 9781505873429
Book Description
WHAT EVERY HINDU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CHRISTIANITY leverages cutting-edge scholarly researches in textual criticism and cognitive sciences to arrive at a reasonable understanding of Christian beliefs. The findings it presents reveal a hitherto unknown face of Christianity to the rational Hindu. It concludes that Christianity originated in a psychotic milieu, Christian beliefs are self-contradictory, and theology invalidates the need to believe. It explores the provocative question of whether Jesus is a myth. It systematically argues that Christianity lacks an ethical framework, 'Herem warfare' is the Christian code of holy extermination, Christian beliefs and practices may cause harm to both Hindus and Christians, and concludes that Hinduism and Christianity cannot coexist. It offers a prescription on and how to engage Christianity and why mutual respect cannot be the precondition for Hindu-Christian engagement.
Radical Universalism
Author : Frank Morales
Publisher :
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 19,50 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Ethical relativism
ISBN :
Book Description
Christians Meeting Hindus
Author : Bob Robinson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 29,66 MB
Release : 2011-06-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1610975960
Book Description
With rare exceptions, serious intentional, reflective and sustained interfaith encounter is a novel and recent enterprise. This book looks in detail at one such encounter--the intentional recent Hindu-Christian dialog in India--and asks why and how the practice of dialog came to replace previous attitudes of confrontation and monologue (especially on the part of Christians). Part I sets the encounter in its global context. Part II offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of the actual encounter. Part III draws on aspects of the Christian tradition as it critically examines the ways in which the dialog has been justified in Christological categories. A final chapter discusses the future of the encounter. Unlike many other works in the area of interfaith studies, this work combines both descriptive detail of the actual encounter and critical theological analysis of the strengths and weakness of the dialog model.
Christianity and Religious Diversity
Author : Harold A. Netland
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 47,57 MB
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441221905
Book Description
This book explores how religions have changed in a globalized world and how Christianity is unique among them. Harold Netland, an expert in philosophical aspects of religion and pluralism, offers a fresh analysis of religion in today's globalizing world. He challenges misunderstandings of the concept of religion itself and shows how particular religious traditions, such as Buddhism, undergo significant change with modernization and globalization. Netland then responds to issues concerning the plausibility of Christian commitments to Jesus Christ and the unique truth of the Christian gospel in light of religious diversity. The book concludes with basic principles for living as Christ's disciples in religiously diverse contexts.
The Centrality of Christ in Contemporary Missions
Author : Mike Barnett
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 37,87 MB
Release : 2005-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1645080110
Book Description
Is Jesus really the only way? What is unique about Christ and missions? How can a new understanding of Jesus Christ bridge the gap between modern positivism and post-modern relativism? Can we learn from the model of Jesus how to be more effective mission workers? This volume (Number 12) of the annual Evangelical Missiological Society series offers answers to these questions and more as it discusses the clear and relevant communication of the centrality of Jesus Christ.
The Meeting of Religions and the Trinity
Author : Gavin D'Costa
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 21,44 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1570753032
Book Description
Shows that many so-called "pluralist" theologies are actually masks for a secularizing agenda and that the doctrine of the Trinity holds more potential for interreligious understanding and dialogue. D'Costa recommends the Trinitarian approach which attains the goals that pluralism seeks: openness, respect, and learning from other religions. It accomplishes this without the reductionism associated with pluralism and by examining the serious differences between traditions. He applies the Trinity to interreligious prayer with surprising results.
Hinduism as a Missionary Religion
Author : Arvind Sharma
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 17,69 MB
Release : 2012-01-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1438432135
Book Description
Is Hinduism a missionary religion? Merely posing this question is a novel and provocative act. Popular and scholarly perception, both ancient and modern, puts Hinduism in the non-missionary category. In this intriguing book, Arvind Sharma re-opens the question. Examining the historical evidence from the major Hindu eras, the Vedic, classical, medieval, and modern periods, Sharma's investigation challenges the categories used in current scholarly discourse and finds them inadequate, emphasizing the need to distinguish between a missionary religion and a proselytizing one. A distinction rarely made, it is nevertheless an illuminating and fruitful one that resonates with insights from the comparative study of religion. Ultimately concluding that Hinduism is a missionary religion, but not a proselytizing one, Sharma's work provides us with new insights both on Hinduism and the consideration of religion itself.
The Non-Western Jesus
Author : M. E. Brinkman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 34,15 MB
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1317490436
Book Description
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.
Encountering Religious Pluralism
Author : Harold Netland
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 2001-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830815524
Book Description
Harold Netland traces the emergence of the pluralistic ethos that challenges Christian faith and mission, interacting heavily with philosopher John Hick and providing a framework for developing a comprehensive evangelical theology of religions.
