JESUS AND THE GREEKS: REFLECTIONS ON A THEOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITY
One of the characteristic trends in our times is the 'discovery of identity' practised at all levels: political, social, cultural as well as religious. Even as there are visible expressions of humanity growing into a big human family transcending the barriers and limitations of caste, colo...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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1985
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Journal of Dharma
Year: 1985, Volume: 10, Issue: 4, Pages: 392-404 |
Further subjects: | B
The Greeks wanting to see Jesus
B Theology B Jesus B Service: The Disciple beyond Self-Identity B The Grain that Falls to the Ground and Dies B Religious Identity B Lifted up from the Earth B Universal Message in a Multi-Religious Context B Greeks |
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Summary: | One of the characteristic trends in our times is the 'discovery of identity' practised at all levels: political, social, cultural as well as religious. Even as there are visible expressions of humanity growing into a big human family transcending the barriers and limitations of caste, colour and creed, there are also concrete manifestations of speci- fic groups within this human family trying to assert and establish their identity at the expense of the community on which they depend and of which they are a part. The movement towards=-decolonization characteristic of the latter half of the twentieth century, the self-aware- ness created in the developing countries of their right -to be and to become and, above all, the phenomenon of human consciousness becoming more and more independent, all these have helped build up a yearning short identity at all levels, |
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ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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