Küster, Volker, 1962-

The many faces of Jesus Christ : intercultural christology / Volker Küster. - xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-237) and index.

Foreword / Robert J. Schreiter -- I. Contextual Christology in Intercultural Perspective -- Prologue: Jesus and culture -- Christology and culture -- Christology in context, intercultural Christology -- II. Christology in a Diversity of Contexts -- '...to proclaim the gospel to the poor.' Christology in the context of poverty and oppression in Latin America -- Historical reconstruction: Christological discourse at the time of the Conquista -- Christopraxis in the discipleship of Jesus: Leonard Boff (Brazil) and Jon Sobrino (El Salvador) -- 'But you, who do you Africans say that I am?' Christology in the context of African tribal cultures and religions -- Models of African Christology -- Christology in the context of African ancestor worship: Charles Nyamiti (Tanzania) and Benezet Bujo (Zaire) -- 'I and the Father are one' Christology in the context of the pluralism of Asian cultures and religions -- Christology in the context of Hinduism: M. M. Thomas and Stanley Samartha (India) -- Christology in the context of Buddhism: Katsumi Takizawa and Seiichi Yagi (Japan) -- Christology in the overall Asian context: Kosuke Koyama and Choan-Seng Song -- 'What you have done to the least of these my brothers...' Christology in the context of racism: James H. Cone (USA) and Allan A. Boesak (South Africa) -- Encountering Jesus Christ in the Minjung, Christology in the context of a development dictatorship: Ahn Byung-Mu and the Minjung theology of South Korea -- Jesus with us, Christology in the context of new departures in liberation theology in the 1980s -- III. The Forms Taken by Jesus Christ -- Models of contextual Christology, commonalities, divergences and opportunities for ecumenical learning -- Epilogue: Paul and Culture.

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Jesus Christ--Person and offices.


Christianity and culture--Developing countries.

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