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begins by unearthing the presence of. Asia and specifically India in the Christian. Bible. The image of Asia that emerges. from the Old Testament is a land full of. power, wealth, and having a strong, well. trained army boosted by fierce Indian. elephants. On the contrary, the Asia that.
Aug 25, 2021 · This edited volume includes contributions from minoritized scholars with African American, Asian American, and Latino/a American experience. The focus is racial/ethnic elements in biblical interpretation, and the volume deals with various interrelated topics such as race, class, gender, and colonialism.
The chapter discusses the employment of the Bible in a multi-religious context, highlights four Asian portrayals of Jesus and their distinctive features: Keshub Chunder Sen's idea of Asiatic Christ; the portrayal by T. C. Chao; the portrayal of Japanese novelist Shusaku Endo; and the Asian American Rita Nakashima Brock's portrayal of Jesus.
In Asian voices in Christian theology, nine Asian theologians from India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan and Japan describe the theological issues that confront the church in the light of the Asian revolution.
Oct 9, 2013 · When the Bible reached east and south Asia in the third century CE, its Christian scriptures already bore traces of Asian commodities and Indian moral stories. In China, the Bible merged with the teachings of Buddha and Lao Tzu to produce the Jesus Sutras.
Asian American biblical hermeneutics or Asian American biblical interpretation is the study of the interpretation of the Christian Bible, informed by Asian American history and experiences.
Nov 12, 2013 · Though the Bible is a product of West Asia, its influence on Europe and the Americas has received far more attention than its complex career in the East. R. S. Sugirtharajah corrects this imbalance with an expansive new study of Asia's subversive and idiosyncratic relationship with the Bible.
