Description

Asian Faces of Jesus: Faith and Cultures is a theological collection that explores how Jesus is understood and reinterpreted within diverse Asian cultural and religious contexts. The book brings together contributions from various scholars who reflect on how Asian communities engage with the figure of Jesus in dialogue with local traditions, religions, and social realities. It highlights the development of contextual Christologies, showing how cultural symbols, philosophies, and lived experiences shape distinct “Asian faces” of Jesus. The work emphasizes the diversity of Christian interpretation across Asia while exploring themes of identity, faith, poverty, and religious pluralism in the region.