REL 1000 : Religion Test 3
Document Summary
It is accessible: he is offering it to people. Ideal human: dignity of full human condition, reformation, idealized, moral perfection and human beauty, 19th-20th cent, human only better . [muslim view, hindu view, buddhist view: muslims- believe jesus taught people to repent; not divine, really important prophet, hindus- jesus as an avatar; rejected is uniqueness, buddhists- jesus as a buddhisatva. Paul"s influence: persecuted jesus, then repented when jesus appeared to him on his way to. Jewish audience: connect jesus to ideas they"re already: emphasize gentiles accept jesus and jews reject him as familiar with. Apostle to gentiles : tried to sway gentiles, shifted away from circumcision which made christianity more appealing to. Paul persecuted jesus before he appeared to him, and eventually converted because of this. He taught an absolute love and justification by faith. Christianity by appealing to different types of people such as the greco-romans by shifting away from circumcision.
