Lohfink, Gerhard,  1934- <br/><br/>
No irrelevant Jesus :  on Jesus and the church today / 
Gerhard Lohfink ; translated by Linda M. Maloney. 
 - Collegeville, Minnesota :  Liturgical Press,  [2014] 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 330 pages) 
<br/><br/> Translation of: Gegen die Verharmlosung Jesu. Freiburg im Breisgau: Verlag Herder GmbH, 2013.  "A Michael Glazier book." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-321) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>On not taming Jesus -- Jesus revolutionizes linear time -- How will the hungry be filled in the reign of God? -- How did Jesus heal? -- What does the Love Commandment mean? -- No place for warriors in the name of God -- Did Jesus die for "many" or for "all"? -- How could an individual redeem the whole world? -- Jesus and the shattered people of God -- The canon and the many confessions -- Some irenic thoughts on the episcopacy and the primacy -- Must the pope be conservative? -- What constitutes the church's "newness"? -- The church's proper name is "assembly" -- The unknown Paul -- How a sacrament works -- A catastrophe in the life of David -- On the sense and nonsense of good intentions -- Has the church been deprived of fasting? -- Prayer as access to reality -- What distinguishes Christianity from the religions? -- Where do we get our "values"? -- The Magnificat: signal for a revolution -- Faith: how does it work? -- The Bible in my life as an exegete. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814682890 0814682898 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Jesus Christ--Person and offices.<br/>Jesus Christ.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church.<br/>Christianity.<br/>Theology.<br/>RELIGION--Christian Theology--Systematic.<br/>RELIGION--Christianity--General.<br/>Christology.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR118  / .L6413 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>230