Where is Jesus 'at Home'? Hermeneutical Reflections on the Contextual Jesus
This article deals with the new meanings contributed to Jesus in new contexts. It questions how Jesus can be brought 'at home' in an African or Asian context. In particular, the methodological aspects of this question are objects of research. First, following a description of the complex r...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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Journal of reformed theology
Year: 2007, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 107-119 |
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REMEMBERED JESUS
CATHOLICITY
UNKNOWN JESUS
DOUBLE TRANSFORMATION
CONTEXTUAL JESUS
INCULTURATION
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | This article deals with the new meanings contributed to Jesus in new contexts. It questions how Jesus can be brought 'at home' in an African or Asian context. In particular, the methodological aspects of this question are objects of research. First, following a description of the complex relationship between culture-religion and the importance of the southern hemisphere as the center of world Christianity, the inculturation process in the New Testament times is analyzed. Second, the notion of the 'remembered Jesus' is applied to the inculturation process in the New Testament and to the constitutive period of the early church. Third, a threefold criterion to assess contextual Jesus-interpretations is articulated and related to the idea of |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1569-7312 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of reformed theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/156973107X182668 |