Editing Religious perspectives on Jesus (section)

{{Short description|Perspectives on Jesus among the world's religions}}
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The '''religious perspectives on Jesus''' vary among world religions.<ref name="BWell1">''The Blackwell Companion to Jesus'' edited by Delbert Burkett 2010 {{ISBN|1-4051-9362-X}} page 1 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5tjiiXkI_CUC&pg=PA526]</ref> [[Jesus]]' teachings and the retelling of his life story have significantly influenced the course of [[human history]], and have directly or indirectly affected the lives of billions of people, including non-Christians.<ref name=BWell1 /><ref>''The Cambridge companion to Jesus'' edited by Markus N. A. Bockmuehl 2001 {{ISBN|0-521-79678-4}} pages 156-157</ref><ref>''The historical Christ and the Jesus of faith'' by C. Stephen Evans 1996, Oxford University Press {{ISBN|0-19-826397-X}} page v</ref> He is considered by many to be one of the most influential persons to have ever lived, finding a significant place in numerous cultural contexts.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bauckham|first1=Richard|title=Jesus: A Very Short Introduction|date=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=United States|isbn=978-0199575275|pages=1–2}}</ref>
 
In [[Jesus in Christianity|Christianity]], Jesus is the [[Messiah]] (Christ) foretold in the [[Old Testament]] and the [[Son of God]]. Christians believe that through his [[Crucifixion of Jesus|death]] and [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrection]], humans can be reconciled to God and thereby are offered salvation and the promise of [[Eternal life (Christianity)|eternal life]].<ref name="Bibles' p.649">''Oxford Companion to the Bible'' p.649</ref> These beliefs emphasize that as the willing [[Lamb of God]], Jesus ''chose to'' suffer in [[Calvary]] as a sign of his full obedience to the will of his Father, as an "agent and servant of God".<ref name=anselm >''The Christology of Anselm of Canterbury'' by Dániel Deme 2004 {{ISBN|0-7546-3779-4}} pages 199-200</ref><ref name=Cullmann >''The Christology of the New Testament'' by Oscar Cullmann 1959 {{ISBN|0-664-24351-7}} page 79</ref> Christians view Jesus as a role model, whose God-focused life believers are encouraged to imitate.

In [[Islam]], Jesus (commonly transliterated as ''[[Islamic view of Jesus|Isa]]'') is the Messiah and one of God's highest-ranked and most-beloved [[prophets of Islam|prophets]]. Islam considers Jesus to be neither the incarnation nor the Son of God. He is referred to as the son of Mary in the Qu’ran.  Islamic texts emphasize a strict affirmation of monotheism (''[[tawhid]]'') and forbid the association of partners with God, which would be idolatry (''[[Shirk (Islam)|shirk]]'').

In the [[Druze]] faith, Jesus is considered one of God's important prophets and the [[Messiah]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Origins of the Druze People and Religion: With Extracts from Their Sacred Writings| first= Philip K.|last= Hitti|year= 1928| isbn= 9781465546623| page =37 |publisher=Library of Alexandria}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Druze in the Middle East: Their Faith, Leadership, Identity and Status| first= Nissim |last= Dana|year= 2008| isbn= 9781903900369| page =17 |publisher=Michigan University press}}</ref>

The [[Baháʼí Faith]] considers Jesus to be one of many [[Manifestation of God (Baháʼí Faith)|manifestations of God]], who are a series of personages who reflect the attributes of the divine into the human world. Baháʼís reject the idea that divinity was contained with a single human body.

Apart from his own [[Disciple (Christianity)|disciple]]s and followers, the [[Jews]] of Jesus' day generally rejected him as the Messiah, as do the great majority of Jews today. Mainstream [[Judaism|Jewish]] scholars argue that Jesus neither fulfilled the Messianic prophecies in the [[Tanakh]] nor embodied the personal qualifications of the Messiah. 

Other world religions such as [[Buddhism]] have no particular view on Jesus, and have but a minor intersection with Christianity.

For non-religious perspectives on Jesus, see [[historical Jesus]].
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