No irrelevant Jesus
Subtitle: on Jesus and the church today
By: Gerhard Lohfink ; translated by Linda M. Maloney
Contributors: Maloney, Linda M., translator
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Collegeville, Minnesota
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780814682647; 9780814682890
Subjects: Doctrines; Katholische Kirche; Church; Person and offices; Glaube; Theology; Catholic Church; Christology; Christianity
Work titles: Gegen die Verharmlosung Jesu
Description: Is Jesus relevant for today? If you think not, don't bother with this book. But if you think that Jesus might have something to say to today's world, which Jesus comes to mind? Is he "gentle Jesus, meek and mild," offering individual salvation but with no message for a suffering world? Is he to be remembered as a Zealot fighting for a hopeless cause or as an outstanding rabbi? Was he a prophet in the long series of Israel's prophets or a religious founder like Muhammad or Gautama? Or was Jesus unique, a man utterly consumed by zeal for the reign of God, by the "fierce urgency of now," the leader of a movement dedicated to God's cause but committed to nonviolence and living for others? If we seek him, can we find him in the churches? In No Irrelevant Jesus, Gerhard Lohfink, author of the acclaimed Jesus of Nazareth, explores these questions and offers a resounding yes to the relevance of Jesus today.
Notes: "A Michael Glazier book."

Translation of: Gegen die Verharmlosung Jesu. Freiburg im Breisgau: Verlag Herder GmbH, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-321) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: On not taming Jesus; title: Jesus revolutionizes linear time; title: How will the hungry be filled in the reign of God?; title: How did Jesus heal?; title: What does the Love Commandment mean?; title: No place for warriors in the name of God; title: Did Jesus die for "many" or for "all"?; title: How could an individual redeem the whole world?; title: Jesus and the shattered people of God; title: The canon and the many confessions; title: Some irenic thoughts on the episcopacy and the primacy; title: Must the pope be conservative?; title: What constitutes the church's "newness"?; title: The church's proper name is "assembly"; title: The unknown Paul; title: How a sacrament works; title: A catastrophe in the life of David; title: On the sense and nonsense of good intentions; title: Has the church been deprived of fasting?; title: Prayer as access to reality; title: What distinguishes Christianity from the religions?; title: Where do we get our "values"?; title: The Magnificat: signal for a revolution; title: Faith: how does it work?; title: The Bible in my life as an exegete.