{"product_id":"following-jesus-in-the-hindu-context","title":"Following Jesus in the Hindu Context","description":"[DESCRIPTION]\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNarayan Vaman Tilak was raised in western India in a Brahmin family as a Hindu of the highest caste. He was an ardent nationalist and gifted poet. Baptized in 1895, he remained one of the most highly placed Hindu leaders to turn to faith in Jesus Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTilak was never fully at home in the westernized systems of church and mission life in India.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHe was a pioneer in adapting Hindu forms for the expression of biblical faith.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAfter 21 years in mission service, Tilak resigned in 1917 and entered the fourth stage of traditional Brahmin life, sannyasa or renunciation.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn this last brief stage of his life, Tilak saw himself as an apostle to India and sought to gather a fellowship of both baptized and unbaptized disciples of Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFollowing Jesus in the Hindu Context\u003c\/em\u003e tells Tilak's story as one of the outstanding pioneers of Protestant mission history.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHis life and ministry contain critically important insights for all students of the interaction between Christianity and other religions, particularly between biblical and Hindu faiths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/DESCRIPTION][SUBTITLE]The Intriguing Implications of N.V. Tilak's Life and Thought[\/SUBTITLE][CREDIT] by: H. L. Richard (Author) [\/CREDIT] [PAGES] 160 [\/PAGES] [BINDING] Paperback [\/BINDING] [PUBLISHER] William Carey Library [\/PUBLISHER] [PUBLISHYEAR] 1999 [\/PUBLISHYEAR]\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[ENDORSEMENT2]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI have found in this biography of Tilak the story of a Christian struggling with his context and with the ever-present issue of how to lift up Jesus in the uniqueness of the context... This book is an exciting step in examining the Christian past to aid the Christian future... Surely all of us must recognize the challenge it makes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the Foreword by Harvie M. Conn \u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWestminster Seminary\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT2] [ENDORSEMENT3]\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTilak is a significant figure in Indian Christian history, but is not so well known in the West... Tilak deserves attention and should be studied by missiologists, strategists, theologians, historians, and others interested in authentic contextualization. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRoger E. Hedlund \u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCentre for Southern Asian Studies\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT3][TOC]\n\u003cp\u003eAbstract\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword by Harvie M. Conn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Early Years\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Restless Wanderer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Conversion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Confusion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. Lakshmibai\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Christian Service\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Early Witness Among Hindus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Finding Christ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. The Indian Heritage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. Sannyasa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. Final Days\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13. Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Pray!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlossary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences Cited\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/TOC]","brand":"William Carey Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44713261137962,"sku":"fsq1787299628818","price":10.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/4380\/4714\/files\/following-jesus-in-the-hindu-context_1.jpg?v=1787299634","url":"https:\/\/streetstylestore.shop\/products\/following-jesus-in-the-hindu-context","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}