Gandhi and Jesus: the end of fundamentalism / Wolfgang Sternstein; translated by Birgit Bruckhoff and Werner Haiges
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TextSeries: (Rediscovering Gandhi / edited by R.P. Misra; no. 6)Publication details: New Delhi: Published for Centre for Gandhi and Peace Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University by Concept Pub. Co., 2014Description: V. 6, 256 p.; 22 cmISBN: 9788180693740 (series); 9788180699856 (v.6); 8180699854Subject(s): Mahatma Gandhi | Jesus Christ | Judaism | Fundamentalism | Religious Absolutism | Religious ToleranceDDC classification: 954.035 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 954.035 MIS/G (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P42999 |
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
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