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Interfaith Afterlives of Jesus
The second volume of the three-volume Jesus in Global Perspective project has now been released, and volume three is due for release shortly. I currently have limited supplies of both volumes 1 and 2 in this three-part series. For those in Australia, these are available for $25.00 each, including postage. For those able to collect…
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Endorsements for volume 2
Jesus of Nazareth was interpreted through many eyes in the first centuries, long before Christian orthodoxy emerged. This excellent book tells those stories with interpretations from Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism, and Mormonism. Contemporary interpretations detour around almost two thousand years of church theology to allow Jesus to leak beyond dogmatism and become ‘a beacon to…
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Endorsements for volume one
A wonderful sweep of ‘afterlives’ that free Jesus of Nazareth from the confines of Christian orthodoxy, a Jesus who has fed the imagination of people, cultures, and contexts far beyond the streets of Jerusalem and Rome. We meet the Jesus of early church theological and philosophical pluralism, of historical research, as a changing face on…
Book launch
Join us at St John’s Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane for Choral Evensong at 6.00pm, Sunday, 20 August 2023, followed by the official launch of the Afterlives of Jesus series. Sermon: The Revd Dr Gregory Jenks, editorBook launch: The Revd Dr Ruth Mathieson, Principal, St Francis College Please reserve your free ticket to assist with catering.
Endorsements for Cultural Afterlives of Jesus
Jesus through the eyes of First Nations, the LGBTQIA, the artistic, women, the homeless, Maoris, Latin Americans, and Asians, and drawing on liberation and indigenous theologies, this book is a sumptuous treat which inspires, challenges, and aids reflections. No longer can Jesus of Nazareth be filtered only through traditional western lenses or medieval doctrines and…
Cultural Afterlives of Jesus
The third volume of the Jesus in Global Perspectives series is about to be released. Publication data: 30 June 2023. The three volumes are published by Cascade Books, an imprint of Wipf Stock. They appear within the Westar Studies series.