The New Cambridge Companion to Jesus (Cambridge Companions to Religion)

The New Cambridge Companion to Jesus serves as the most up to date guide and resource for understanding Jesus' multifaceted legacy, enduring impact over time and space, and relevance in today's world. Integrating textual, historical, theological, and cultural perspectives, the essays, specially commissioned for this volume, also offer a fresh and diverse overview of Jesus' significance in contemporary global contexts. Key features include insights into Jesus' life and teachings, his role in different religious traditions, and his influence on art, music, and global cultures. The volume also addresses contemporary issues of poverty, race, and power dynamics, making it especially relevant for today's readers. The Companion offers a diversity of perspectives from which to approach the unique identity and importance of Jesus beyond the 2020s, whether in relation to Christianity's cultural and existential crises in the Americas, its precipitous decline in Western Europe, or its unprecedented growth and proliferation in Africa and Asia. Frontmatter Contents Contributors Acknowledgements A Note on Referencing and Abbreviations Introduction Part I - Origins 1 - Life and Aims of Jesus 2 - Jesus’s Religion, Praxis, and Experience of God 3 - Jesus in the Fourfold Gospel 4 - Paul’s Jesus as the Christ 5 - The Risen Jesus 6 - Jesus and the Triune God 7 - Jesus in the Scriptures of Israel Part II - The Diversity of Reception 8 - The Apocryphal Jesus 9 - The Islamic Jesus 10 - Jesus in Christian Material Culture 11 - Jesus in Art and Music 12 - Jesus in the Story of Spirituality and Worship Part III - Ethics, Theology, and Critical Scholarship 13 - Jesus in Christian Discipleship and Ethics 14 - The Body of Jesus in His People 15 - The Church’s Jesus in Modern Theology 16 - The History of Jesus in Biblical Scholarship Part IV - The Global Jesus Today 17 - The Jewish Jesus in Christian and in Jewish Memory 18 - The Racial Jesus 19 - Jesus, Power, and the Global Poor 20 - The Asian Faces of Jesus 21 - Jesus of Africa Part V - Outlook 22 - The Future of Jesus of Nazareth Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Bibliography Ancient Sources Index Subject Index Cambridge Companions to Religion