Savior of the World : A Theology of the Universal Gospel
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1481309951
ISBN-13
9781481309950
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Baylor University Press
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Baylor University Press
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US
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GB
Publication Date
Aug 15th, 2019
Print length
254 Pages
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472 grams
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20.00 x 37.30 x 2.30 cms
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The Gospel of John has long been understood as a sectarian text, one that reinforces the social and religious isolation of a Johannine community. Savior of the World directly challenges this reading, arguing that John's Jesus does not belong to just one community. John's Jesus came for all and spans the universe.
The Gospel of John has long been understood as a sectarian text, one that reinforces the social and religious isolation of a Johannine community. Savior of the World: A Theology of the Universal Gospel directly challenges this reading, arguing that John''s Jesus does not belong to just one community. John''s Jesus came for all and spans the universe.
In Savior of the World, Carlos Raúl Sosa Siliezar carefully reconsiders the often-overlooked passages and motifs that emphasize Jesus as a figure of universal significance and as universal Savior. John''s introduction of Jesus as the Word sets the stage for universal language by identifying Jesus as the rightful owner of all creation. Sosa Siliezar emphasizes that John''s Jesus, in his public ministry, offers an all-inclusive love of God to anyone who will receive it. In his private ministry, Jesus bears witness to a nuanced world, tasking his disciples with preaching and expanding the love of Christ to all. Jesus'' all-embracing mission is sustained by the Spirit, who models, through the disciples, the reality and promise of the world that is to come.
Sosa Siliezar shows how John, though deeply indebted to Judaism, crafts a universal Gospel precisely because his Jesus is deeply rooted in the particularity of monotheism. John portrays Jesus, a Jew from Nazareth, as the world''s Savior, the one sent by the one God to bring light into a universe of darkness.
In Savior of the World, Carlos Raúl Sosa Siliezar carefully reconsiders the often-overlooked passages and motifs that emphasize Jesus as a figure of universal significance and as universal Savior. John''s introduction of Jesus as the Word sets the stage for universal language by identifying Jesus as the rightful owner of all creation. Sosa Siliezar emphasizes that John''s Jesus, in his public ministry, offers an all-inclusive love of God to anyone who will receive it. In his private ministry, Jesus bears witness to a nuanced world, tasking his disciples with preaching and expanding the love of Christ to all. Jesus'' all-embracing mission is sustained by the Spirit, who models, through the disciples, the reality and promise of the world that is to come.
Sosa Siliezar shows how John, though deeply indebted to Judaism, crafts a universal Gospel precisely because his Jesus is deeply rooted in the particularity of monotheism. John portrays Jesus, a Jew from Nazareth, as the world''s Savior, the one sent by the one God to bring light into a universe of darkness.
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