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Liturgical Press
- No Irrelevant Jesus: On Jesus and the Church Today
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Liturgical Press
summary
Is Jesus relevant for today? If you think not, don’t bother with this book. But if you think that Jesus might have something to say to today’s world, which Jesus comes to mind? Is he “gentle Jesus, meek and mild,” offering individual salvation but with no message for a suffering world? Is he to be remembered as a Zealot fighting for a hopeless cause or as an outstanding rabbi? Was he a prophet in the long series of Israel’s prophets or a religious founder like Muhammad or Gautama? Or was Jesus unique, a man utterly consumed by zeal for the reign of God, by the “fierce urgency of now,” the leader of a movement dedicated to God’s cause but committed to nonviolence and living for others? If we seek him, can we find him in the churches? In No Irrelevant Jesus, Gerhard Lohfink, author of the acclaimed Jesus of Nazareth, explores these questions and offers a resounding yes to the relevance of Jesus today.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. xi
- Chapter 1. On Not Taming Jesus
- pp. 1-19
- Chapter 4. How Did Jesus Heal?
- pp. 47-63
- Chapter 12. Must the Pope Be Conservative?
- pp. 143-146
- Chapter 15. The Unknown Paul
- pp. 175-186
- Chapter 16. How a Sacrament Works
- pp. 187-206
- Chapter 20. Prayer as Access to Reality
- pp. 231-246
- Chapter 22. Where Do We Get Our “Values”?
- pp. 266-278
- Chapter 24. Faith: How Does It Work?
- pp. 285-300
- Index of Proper Names
- pp. 328-330
Additional Information
ISBN
9780814682890
Related ISBN(s)
9780814682647
MARC Record
OCLC
966883680
Pages
344
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No