This book addresses the fundamental twin-foci of Christology, i.e., Divinity and
Humanity of Jesus, the Christ and its relevance to Christologizing. In the study of
Christology, there is always the tendency to adhere to either of the two. There are very
few attempts to find an integrated path, a middle-way.
The author takes up the `challenge' to attempt a shot at the middle-way in Christology.
Therefore, when we talk of `Jesus Beyond Borders,' there is an integrated approach to
Christology and not a `Borderless-Christology.' A unitive paradigm is the sole-motif of
being borderless. Finding the common ground is the approach of such a position. In such a
Christological paradigm, there is an inter-play of seemingly contradictory categories,
such as divinity and humanity of Jesus, the Christ. Therefore, it is a Christology of
Complementarity. The book is a treat for those who are willing to amplify their radius of
understanding Christian theology from a new aspect.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
1. Jesus Beyond Borders : Towards a `Glocal' Christology
2. Christology : Indian Conversations
3. An Appropriation and Critique of Stanley J. Samartha's Christology in a Religiously
Plural Context
4. The Hypostatic Union of Jesus Christ in the Writings of Thomas Aquinas : An Enquiry
5. `Churchless-Christ' (A Hindu `Plea') : A Christian Theological Response
6. The Emergence of Christology in the Early Church : A Methodological Survey with
Particular Reference to the Anti-Heretical Polemics of Irenaeus of Lyons
7. `Jesus of History' and the Gospel-Culture Debate in India
8. God of Life, Lead us to Justice and Peace : A Disability-Informed Reading of
Christology
9. Jesus, the `Peedith Sevak-Sardar' : Towards a Relevant Christology in India
10. Christology and Complementarity : Search for a `new' `Lingua Franca'
11. `Unknown Christ' : Jesus Christ in the Writings of Raimundo Panikkar
Bibliography
Dr. Samuel George (hailing from Jammu & Kashmir) is Professor of
Christian Theology at Allahabad Bible Seminary (Serampore University), Uttar Pradesh. He
holds a Master's degree in Sociology (MA), and Doctorate in Theology (Serampore
University). He has served as a Christian theological educator in many Institutes in north
India, and from 2012-2015 he served as the Principal of Master's College of Theology
(Serampore University), Visakhapatnam, India. He is a member of the Reference Group of the
Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network (EDAN) of the World Council of Churches, Geneva.
He is the author/editor of the following books: `Christology: An Introduction' (Serampore,
2013); `The Historical Particularity of Jesus: A Dialogue with the Hindu view of History'
(Punthi Pustak, 2014); `"The Gospel as Public Truth": An Indian Multi-Religious
Perspective on Lesslie Newbigin' (CWI, 2015); `Ekklesia: Indian Conversations' (CWI,
2015); `Christian Theology: Indian Conversations.' Vols. 1 & 2 (BTESSC, 2016). Many of
his writings are published in national and international journals. He also serves as the
Editor-in-Chief of `New Life Theological Journal.' He is married to Dr. Atula Ao (Tsuedir)
from Nagaland, a biblical scholar in the field of Old Testament.
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