Library Guides: THE 205: Biblical Texts in Global Contexts (Lester): More Faith Perspectives

Buddhist Perspectives

Buddha and Christ: Nativity Stories and Indian Traditions
Call Number: Request from Summit
The Gospel of Mark: A Mahāyāna reading
Call Number: Book Stacks BS2580.3 .K44 1995
A History of Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim Perspectives on War and Peace
Call Number: Request from Summit
Interpreting Proverbs 11:18-31, Psalm 73, and Ecclesiastes 9:1-12 in Light of, and as a Response to, Thai Buddhist Interpretations
Call Number: Available online

Articles/Book Chapters:

Derrett, J. Duncan M. The Buddhist Dimension of John. Numen, vol. 51, no. 2, 2004, pp. 182–210.

Fletcher, Rosemary J. Are There Any Links between the Epistle of James and Buddhism?: An Examination of James 3:6. The Expository Times, vol. 117, no. 9, June 2006, pp. 366–370.

Kawamura, Eiko. The Significance of Luke-Acts for Zen Buddhism. Buddhist-Christian Studies, vol. 16, 1996, pp. 79–85.

Nicholls, Bruce. "Building Bridges from the Buddhist Faith to Jesus in the Gospels." Building Bridges: From Asian Faiths to Jesus in the Gospels. Regnum Books International, 2020, pp. 73-114.

Sasson, Vanessa R. "Exodus 1-15 Two Aspects of Exodus through a Buddhist Lens." Global Perspectives on the Bible, edited by Mark Ronance and Joseph Weaver, Pearson, 2014.

Sato, Kemmyo Taira, and Michael Ipgrave. The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37): A Joint Christian–Buddhist Reflection. Current Dialogue, vol. 60, Dec. 2018, pp. 44–47.

West, Elizabeth. "Matthew 5-7; Luke 6 Comparing Buddhism's Noble Eightfold Path and Jesus' Beatitudes." Global Perspectives on the Bible, edited by Mark Ronance and Joseph Weaver, Pearson, 2014.

Hindu Perspectives

The Yoga of the Christ: The Way to the Centre
Call Number: Book Stacks BS2615.2 .R385 2005

Articles/Book Chapters:

Jeyakumar, M. Aravind. "The Hindu Purusa-Sukta Compared to Biblical Texts." Global Perspectives on the Bible, edited by Mark Ronance and Joseph Weaver, Pearson, 2014.

Nicholls, Bruce. "Building Bridges from the Hindu Faith to Jesus in the Gospels." Building Bridges: From Asian Faiths to Jesus in the Gospels. Regnum Books International, 2020, pp. 11-62.

Shearer, John. "A Comparison of the Cosmic Being of Hinduism and the Christ of 2:6-8." Global Perspectives on the Bible, edited by Mark Ronance and Joseph Weaver, Pearson, 2014.

Native American Perspectives

First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament
Call Number: Available online
The Four Vision Quests of Jesus
Call Number: Available online

Articles/Book Chapters:

Aftandilian, David. "Psalm 148 and the Native American View of Animals." Global Perspectives on the Bible, edited by Mark Ronance and Joseph Weaver, Pearson, 2014.

Boer, Roland. "Numbers 22-24 as a Justification for Overrunning Indigenous Peoples." Global Perspectives on the Bible, edited by Mark Ronance and Joseph Weaver, Pearson, 2014.

Donaldson, Laura E. “The Sign of Orpah: Reading Ruth through Native Eyes.” The Postcolonial Biblical Reader, edited by R. S. Sugirtharajah, Blackwell Sheffield Academic, 2006, pp. 159–170.

Donaldson, Laura. "Theological Composting in Romans 8: An Indigenous Meditation on Paul's Rhetoric of Decay." Buffalo Shout, Salmon Cry: Conversations on Creation, Land Justice, and Life Together, edited by Steve Heinrichs, Herald Press, 2013, pp. 142–148.

Meyers, Ched. (2013). "From Garden to Tower: Genesis 1-11 as a Critique of Civilization and an Invitation to Indigenous Re-Visioning." Buffalo Shout, Salmon Cry: Conversations on Creation, Land Justice, and Life Together, edited by Steve Heinrichs, Herald Press, 2013, pp. 109–121.