The Quest of the Unique Jesus and Its Implications for Global Dialogue
(2005)- Abstract
- A recurrent issue and to a considerable extent also a major obstacle in contemporary theology of religions are various claims of "uniqueness". This article critically considers one particular aspect, i.e., the quest of the unique Jesus in New Testament scholarship and its implications for global interreligious dialogue. It is argued that the quest of the unique Jesus be abandoned since it is neither historically fructiferous nor theologically judicious. It is more appropriate to follow the way once suggested by Leander E. Keck, "those who are interested in Jesus for religious reasons care less about his originiality than about whether Jesus makes sense and whether his work coheres."
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- author
- Svartvik, Jesper LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2005
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Albert Schweitzer, quest of the historical Jesus, Christ, Jesus, uniqueness, New Testament, dialogue, theology of religions
- host publication
- The Concept of God in Global Dialogue
- editor
- Jeanrond, Werner and Lande, Aasulv
- publisher
- Orbis Books
- ISBN
- 1-57075-586-8
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (015017000)
- id
- a2ddef4e-801e-4725-a6b7-aa043afd3a97 (old id 536586)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 09:59:02
- date last changed
- 2018-11-21 20:56:01
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