Jesus teacher and liberator
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- Created on: 01-11-20 14:48
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- Jesus Christ
- teacher of wisdom
- Tolstoy
- The Kingdom of God is within you
- the most important part of Jesus' life was his teachings
- religion is about activley following teachings not worship
- Gospel in brief
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- read Gospel in brief
- didn't think the point of Christianity was to go to heaven but to follow teachings
- genuine figurehead of Christianity (Jesus)
- Philosophical Investigations
- John Hick
- Jesus of Nazareth did not teach or apparently believe that he was Son of God
- Jesus was a teacher but the Son of God metaphorically
- this solves problems of being fully human and fully divine
- typical views of Jesus
- C.S Lewis 'you must make your choice
- Deitrich Bonhoeffer 'we belong to him because we are in him' Son of God is everywhere
- Thomas Herbert Bindley 'truly God and truly man'
- Philip Schaff - Jesus is perfect and SOG . divine and human 'two natures
- 'Jesus was a great moral teacher' Richard Dawkins
- N.T Wright - Jesus offered a fresh interpretation f scriptural tradition
- Tolstoy
- Jesus The Liberator
- SGF Brandon
- depiction of Jesus has changed over time.
- a politically driven freedom fighter but is made out to be a neutral pacifist
- biased to exploited members of society
- Gustavo Gutierrez
- founder of liberation theology - mainly in south America
- i define my neighbour as the one i look out for , on the highways and byways
- Zealots
- first century Jewish terrorists using violent means
- Simon the Zealot was one of the Apostles
- could be seen as Jesus supporting political violence
- though ' it is not the healthy who need a doctor but the sick'
- first century Jewish terrorists using violent means
- 'i did not come to bring peace but a sword'
- James Cone
- Jesus was ontologically black - jesus chose to be marginalised, in the same way black people are
- crucifixion and lynching
- Christianity and Black Power
- Camilo Torres Respero
- Colombian priest who sided with the communists and guerilla group
- 'the liberation which Jesus offers is universal and integral
- Pope Benedict disagreed, but Francis agrees with peaceful liberation theology
- SGF Brandon
- teacher of wisdom
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