Historical Afterlives of Jesus: Jesus in Global Perspective 1

This collection of essays explores the impact of Jesus within and beyond Christianity, including his many afterlives in literature and the arts, social justice and world religions during the past two thousand years and especially in the present global context. This first volume focuses on selected historical afterlives of Jesus, including the Pantokrator of Byzantium and the Aryan Jesus of Nazi Germany. This collection is not an exercise in Christian apologetics, nor is it an interfaith project--except in the sense that many of the contributors are from a Christian context of some kind, while others are from other contexts. The contributors include scholars in relevant fields, as well as religious practitioners reflecting on Jesus in their own cultural and religious settings. While the essays are original work that is grounded in critical scholarship, reflective practice, or both, they are expressed in nontechnical language so the information is accessible to intelligent nonspecialists.

Author: Gregory C. Jenks
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 01/24/2023
Pages: 206
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9781666746792
ISBN10: 1666746797
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Studies | New Testament | Jesus, the Gospels & Acts
- Religion | Christian Theology | Christology

About the Author
Gregory C. Jenks is Executive Director, Centre for Coins, Culture & Religious History, Brisbane, Australia. He was Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton 2017-2022. He is the author of The Once and Future Bible (2011) and Jesus Then and Jesus Now (2014).