[PDF] Jesus In History Thought And Culture eBook

Author : Leslie Houlden
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1023 pages
File Size : 50,79 MB
Release : 2003-12-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1576078574

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This unique multidisciplinary study views Jesus as one of the most central figures in history with a wide-ranging impact on society, literature, art, and philosophy. Jesus in History, Thought, and Culture distills 2,000 years of thinking about Jesus into two intriguing volumes. In more than 200 A–Z entries, internationally recognized scholars summarize views of Jesus from the Gospel writers to contemporary theologians. Not only does the book explore Christian liturgy and worship—including the long-lasting 4th- and 5th-century schisms over whether Jesus is human or divine—but it examines the position of Jesus in the traditions of other world religions, such as Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism. Even outside religion, little has been untouched by Jesus's influence. Jesus affected social and political theory in his time and continues to do so today. The encyclopedia also explores his changing image in art, sculpture, music, and literature, pulling disparate fields of study into one powerful resource. Scholars, students of theology and world religions, and other interested readers will all welcome this unique resource.

Author : James Leslie Houlden
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 34,75 MB
Release : 2003-12-08
Category : Reference
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This unique multidisciplinary study views Jesus as one of the most central figures in history with a wide-ranging impact on society, literature, art, and philosophy. Jesus in History, Thought, and Culture distills 2,000 years of thinking about Jesus into two intriguing volumes. In more than 200 A-Z entries, internationally recognized scholars summarize views of Jesus from the Gospel writers to contemporary theologians. Not only does the book explore Christian liturgy and worship--including the long-lasting 4th- and 5th-century schisms over whether Jesus is human or divine--but it examines the position of Jesus in the traditions of other world religions, such as Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism. Even outside religion, little has been untouched by Jesus's influence. Jesus affected social and political theory in his time and continues to do so today. The encyclopedia also explores his changing image in art, sculpture, music, and literature, pulling disparate fields of study into one powerful resource. Scholars, students of theology and world religions, and other interested readers will all welcome this unique resource. Over 200 wide-ranging A-Z entries on the religious and secular influence of Jesus Over 100 contributors, including distinguished international scholars from many religious traditions 80 photos, including key works of devotional art from 2,000 years of religious painting and sculpture Numerous bibliographic references covering a wide variety of writing about Jesus

Author : James Leslie Houlden
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File Size : 48,80 MB
Release : 2003
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This multidisciplinary study views Jesus as one of the most central figures in history with a wide-ranging impact on society, literature, art and philosophy.; As a historical figure, there are no absolutes about Jesus. Each religious tradition, from Catholics to Quakers to Pentecostals to Buddhists perceives him differently. Scholars have seen him as a hero, king, martyr and rebel. These countless varying images of Jesus have all influenced history, the arts, culture and social and political thought.; This text distills 2000 years of thinking about Jesus into two volumes. In over 200 A-Z entri.

Author : Jaroslav Pelikan
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 31,14 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300076615

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Explores how Mary has been represented in theology, art, music, and literature throughout the ages

Author : Bill Zuersher
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 19,4 MB
Release : 2014-06-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1499018495

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The only book you'll ever need to read about Christianity. This remarkable book provides a critical overview of Christian beliefs and the evidence for them. Where did these beliefs come from? Are there good reasons to believe Christianity is true? Bill Zuersher clearly explains each of Christianity's major beliefs. He then proceeds to demonstrate significant difficulties with each of them. The book tackles these beliefs in a logical order, beginning with the problems at the root of virtually all religions, suffering and death, and culminating in their supposed resolution through Jesus. Mr. Zuersher also examines the evidence for Christianity, namely religious writings and the historical fact of the early Jesus movement. He makes the case that this evidence does not support the religion's claims and he provides naturalistic alternative explanations for how its core beliefs arose. In these pages we see the coalescence of Jewish and Zoroastrian religious ideas with those of Greek philosophy and mystery cults, to form the belief system we recognize as Christianity today. The result, Mr. Zuersher argues, is not revealed truth, but rather a human patchwork which contains unwarranted assumptions and logical flaws, all founded upon questionable evidence. Entertaining throughout, it is must-reading for skeptics, apologists, and anyone interested the world's largest religion or the culture wars behind today's politics -- an invaluable resource for students and teachers, writers and debaters.

Author : Darrell L. Bock
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 35,73 MB
Release : 2002-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 080102451X

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An informed, scholarly approach to the study of the historical Jesus that takes the Gospels seriously as a source of historical information.

Author : John Dickson
Publisher : The Good Book Company
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 36,44 MB
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1784984574

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An exploration of the historicity of Jesus and whether he is relevant today What can we really know for sure about the past? Can anything be trusted as reliable historical fact? What can we really know for sure about the past? Can anything from ancient history be regarded as €˜fact’? In particular, how seriously can we take the historical sources for the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth? Did he really even live in first-century Galilee and Judaea, or is he a figure of legend? In this timely book, historian Dr John Dickson unpacks how the field of history works, giving readers the tools to evaluate for themselves what we can confidently say about figures like the Emperor Tiberius, Alexander the Great, Pontius Pilate, and, of course, Jesus of Nazareth. He presents the evidence, methods, and conclusions of mainstream scholars-both Christian and not-and asks some pertinent contemporary questions, without offering any pushy answers: If Jesus really did exist, what are we to make of his own claims and those of his followers, and what would any of it mean for us today?

Author : H. Richard Niebuhr
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 30,44 MB
Release : 1956-09-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0061300039

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This 50th-anniversary edition, with a new foreword by the distinguished historian Martin E. Marty, who regards this book as one of the most vital books of our time, as well as an introduction by the author never before included in the book, and a new preface by James Gustafson, the premier Christian ethicist who is considered Niebuhr’s contemporary successor, poses the challenge of being true to Christ in a materialistic age to an entirely new generation of Christian readers.