"Our Asiatic Christ"


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Jesus in Asia


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Jesus in the sutras, stele, and suras -- The heavenly elder brother -- A Judean jnana-guru -- The non-existent Jesus -- A Jaffna man's Jesus -- Jesus as a Jain tirthankara -- An Upanishadic mystic -- A minjung messiah -- Jesus in a kimono -- Conclusion: Our Jesus, their Jesus




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Fire and Water


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For Pieris, it is clear that there is no room for Christ in Asia, if the Christ being spoken of is a "Western Christ," whose features and message are alien to the peoples of Asia in their context of marginality and plurality. An "Asian Christ," Pieris insists, links the paradoxes of a saving God revealed in the depths of ignominy, draws the believer to the depths of Asian spiritual wisdom, and fashions a way of life that will liberate the masses who live in poverty and powerlessness.




Jesus


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JESUS: IN ETHIOPIA...A mysterious island...guardian monks...exotic locations...the Ark of the Covenant...and one of the most revealing stories ever discovered about the early years of Jesus Christ, all come together in this intriguing true adventure. Jim Rankin takes you on an Indiana Jones-like exploration over deserts and mountains, through jungles and across a massive lake to a forbidden island to open an ancient treasury housing one of the most fascinating finds in history to the whereabouts of the young Jesus. From Jim's encounter in the hills of Tennessee to his amazing adventures in the exotic mountains of Ethiopia, a hidden secret will finally be answered as you come to the edge of your seat for this true-to-life God led adventure. It's a heart-pounding trek to a mysterious heavenly summit ... This journey began in search of the lost Ark of the Covenant and turned into a revelation of biblical proportions. It's an adventure in truth that takes you on a search through the Bible to track down the location of never-before-revealed information on the whereabouts of the Holy Family and the truth behind their exodus from Israel. Jim Rankin, a husband, father, pastor, business owner, speaker, author, and explorer has traveled around the globe in search of biblical truths to prove that the contents of the Scriptures are factual. Jim is the founder of Adventures in Truth Biblical Research located near Cincinnati, Ohio. He holds a degree from the School of the Scriptures Bible College, has performed with some of the world's greatest entertainers, interviewed nearly 4,000 known celebrities and dignitaries ranging from Presidents to Hollywood actors, and has led incredible explorations into the truths of the Bible. Jim resides in Ohio and continues his adventures with his wife and children.




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Hindus and Their Christian Bible


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R.S. Sugirtharajah shows how at the height of European colonialism whilst the colonizers were studying the sacred texts of Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs and Zoroastrians, the Hindus were themselves scrutinizing the invader's book – the Christian Bible. Sugirtharajah examines how these Hindus transformed the Bible into what they deemed fit for and suited to their contexts. The result was that the Bible acquired a totally different form and lost its authority as the Book of the Empire. Sugirtharajah shows how the resistant, subversive and at times antagonistic readings of the Hindus went beyond what the colonizer had intended. Sadly what these Hindus made of the Bible went largely unnoticed and was ignored by Western scholarship. This volume seeks to rectify this regrettable omission and to place both the Hindu reformers and nationalists attitude to the Bible in their own specific context and to allow them to speak on their own terms rather than reading them with Christian preconception. The Hindu reformers covered include figures such as Raja Rammohun Roy, Arumuga Navalar, Keshub Chunder Sen, Swami Vivekananda, Ponnambalam Ramanathan, M. K. Gandhi and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and nationalists such as Dhirendranath Chowdhary, Sita Ram Goel and Ram Swarup. The book contains the interpretative context; the textual negotiation that went on between these Hindus and the missionaries and orientalists; examples of their Hinduization of the Bible; and the hermeneutical impact on mainstream biblical interpretation.