The Gospel of John and the Religious Quest argues that at its origin the Fourth Gospel was part of a dialogue with various religious traditions, and that to this day it is being used in active dialogue with those who live in traditions other than the Christian. In the first part of the book, Johannes Nissen analyzes a number of texts selected both for their central importance to John's theology and for their special relevance in today's religious quests and encounters. These texts focus on John's images of Life–water, bread, light, way, and tree–but also treat concepts that are crucial to the Fourth Gospel–Word, Truth, and Love. In the second part, Nissen focuses on significant issues for current readers of the Gospel: the relation between incarnation and inculturation; models for dialogue with other religions; images of Christ; truth and love as criteria for dialogue; and the experience of faith in the light of the Fourth Gospel.
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Johannes Nissen. The Gospel of John and the Religious Quest
The Gospel of John and the Religious Quest
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction. Aim and Method of This Study
2. The Distinctive Character of the Fourth Gospel
3. The Word
4. Rebirth
5. Water
6. Bread
7. Light
8. Truth
9. Love
10. Way
11. Tree
12. The Fourth Gospel, Incarnation, and Inculturation
13. Models for Dialogue with Other Religions
14. Images of Christ
15. The Truth and the Love—on Criteria for Religious Dialogue
16. The Johannine Experience of Faith
Bibliography
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Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
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6. This reminds us of the modern phenomenon of globalization. For further characteristics of globalization in early Christianity and today, see Nissen, “Mission and Globalization in a New Testament Perspective.”
7. The present investigation only sporadically touches upon the relation between the Fourth Gospel and Judaism. From a historical point of view this relation is important (see also chapter 4 of this book). Biblical scholars have produced a number of analyses. For instance, there has been much discussion as to whether the Gospel has some anti-Semitic dimensions, a question that has also relevance for the present dialogue between Christianity and Judaism.
