The Christ connection :
Varghese, Roy Abraham.
The Christ connection : how the world religions prepared the way for the phenomenon of Jesus / Roy Abraham Varghese ; foreword by Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga. - Brewster, Mass. : Paraclete Press, c2011. - xii, 239 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-235) and index.
Popular models of the growth of religion -- A new model: the rendezvous of the religions -- The primevals -- Africa -- India -- Persia -- China -- Greece and the Near Eastern societies -- The Israelites -- The Christ connection -- From explanation to encounter -- A history of the historical Jesus quest -- The three amigos: species of skeptics we will always have with us -- A return to the roots of the Jesus story -- The aims and claims of Jesus -- Comeback: "on the third day" -- Who do I say that you are? -- Godhead: the greatest secret.
9781557256997 (pbk.)
2011003134
Jesus Christ--Person and offices.
Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Christianity and other religions.
The Christ connection : how the world religions prepared the way for the phenomenon of Jesus / Roy Abraham Varghese ; foreword by Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga. - Brewster, Mass. : Paraclete Press, c2011. - xii, 239 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-235) and index.
Popular models of the growth of religion -- A new model: the rendezvous of the religions -- The primevals -- Africa -- India -- Persia -- China -- Greece and the Near Eastern societies -- The Israelites -- The Christ connection -- From explanation to encounter -- A history of the historical Jesus quest -- The three amigos: species of skeptics we will always have with us -- A return to the roots of the Jesus story -- The aims and claims of Jesus -- Comeback: "on the third day" -- Who do I say that you are? -- Godhead: the greatest secret.
9781557256997 (pbk.)
2011003134
Jesus Christ--Person and offices.
Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Christianity and other religions.
