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with contributions from Kenneth L. Woodward, Gary Thomas, John Battersby

"The Christ of the Gospels is certainly the best-known Jesus in the world. For Christian, he is utterly unique—the only son of God

... But alongside this Jesus is another, the Jesus whom Muslims since Muhammad have regarded as a prophet and messenger of Allah. And after centuries of silence about Jesus, many Jews now find him a Jewish teacher and reformer they can accept on their own terms as 'one of us.'

"Jesus has become a familiar, even beloved, figure to adherents of Asian religions as well. ... 'I think as the world grows smaller, Jesus as a figure will grow larger,' says Protestant theologian John Cobb, a veteran of interfaith dialogues."

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