Gentle Nazarene or Failure?: Buddhist Perspectives on Jesus in Colonial and Post‐colonial Contexts

This paper argues through three case studies that representations of Jesus by practitioners of other religious traditions, in this case Buddhists, are conditioned by historical and social factors. The first two cases, David Hewavitarne/Anagārika Dharmapāla (1864-1933) and Allan Bennett/Ananda Mettey...

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Subtitles:Special Issue:Special issue of The Ecumenical Review: "Rooted in Experience: Understanding Christ and Christ's Love Interreligiously"
Main Author: Harris, Elizabeth J. 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2020]
In: The ecumenical review
Year: 2020, Volume: 72, Issue: 5, Pages: 743-758
IxTheo Classification:AX Inter-religious relations
BL Buddhism
NBF Christology
TJ Modern history
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Buddha
B Jesus
B Colonialism
B Ceylon
B Burma
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