TY - BOOK AU - Sternstein,Wolfgang TI - Gandhi and Jesus: the end of fundamentalism SN - 9788180693740 (series) U1 - 954.035 PY - 2014/// CY - New Delhi PB - Published for Centre for Gandhi and Peace Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University by Concept Pub. Co. KW - Mahatma Gandhi KW - Jesus Christ KW - Judaism KW - Fundamentalism KW - Religious Absolutism KW - Religious Tolerance N1 - Translated from German. Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction 2. The Absolute Truth Claim of the Abrahamic Religions -- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing -- Karl Barth -- Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedickt XVI -- Hans Kilng -- Mahatma Gandhi PARTI MAHATMA GANDHI 3. Gandhi and Christianity: Reason and Belief 4. Bible Review -- Yahweh and his Chosen People -- Where is the Positive ? -- The "Holy Rest" of die Image of God in the -- First Testament -- The Second Testament -- Objections -- A Religio historical Note -- The Bible: A Holy Book? 5. Gandhi's Way to God -- Five Monastic Vows of Asian Religions -- The Ontological Paradox -- Existential Hermeneutics 6. God is the Truth -- God is Different from Us -- God is not a Person and is a Person -- God is neither Male nor Female nor Neuter -- God is Existence, Knowledge and Bliss: (Sat, Chit, Ananda) -- God is Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent -- God is One, there is no Second -- God is Truth and Love (Satya and Ahimsa) -- The Three Filters -- Once Again: Who or What is God ? 7. Truth is God. -- God and Satan -- Was Gandhi a Mystic? -- Karma and Reincarnation 8. Satyagraha 9. Sarvodaya -- The Tree of Life as a Symbol of the Kingdom of God PARTH JESUS OF NAZARETH 10. Historical-Critical Theology -- Introductory Remark to the Method -- A Glimpse into the Life-of-Jesus Research 11. Tendencies Visualisation Tendency -- Superposition Tendency -- Fulfilment Tendency (Scriptural Proof) -- Adaptation Tendency -- Intensification Tendency -- The Weakening Tendency -- The Harmonising Tendency 12. The Life of Jesus 13. The Message of Jesus about God's Rule -- Jesus and John the Baptist -- God's Rule or Messiah's Rule ? -- Messiah's Rule -- God's Rule 14. What did Jesus Teach about God's Rule ? -- The holistic interpretation of Jesus' message about -- God's Kingdom -- Was Jesus in his Right Mind ? -- Jesus' Judgement Sermon -- For Whom did Jesus take Himself? 15. Jesus' Ethics: The Sermon on the Mount -- The Blessings -- About the Salt of the Earth and about the Light of the World -- About the Law and the Prophets -- About Killing and Reconciliation -- About Adultery -- About Vengeance and Loving the Enemies -- About the Wrong and the Right Worries -- Do Not Judge -- Was Jesus Political ? -- Jesus as a Religious "World Teacher" 16. The Resurrection of Jesus 17. Jesus' Elevation to God (Apotheosis) -- The Early Christian Community of Jerusalem -- "Hellenists" -- Paul -- Synoptics -- Gospel of John -- Apocalypse of John -- Arian Dispute 18. Jesus and Paul -- Paul -- Peter 19. The End of Fundamentalism -- What do the Biblical Myths Mean to Us Today ? -- Where are We Today ? 20. What does Jesus mean for Gandhi? 21. Splendour and Misery of Christianity 22. "Necessary Farewells" 23. Credo ER -