Jesus and human development: An interrogation of the gospel tradition

Abstract

The paper is an analysis of Jesus and human development in the gospel tradition. It argues that while human development is a modern term, Jesus’ life and work, death and resurrection represented an embodiment of the term in all its totality. Through conscientisation Jesus was able to both make the poor conscious of the human  propensity to do wrong and influence masses and individuals to adopt new ways of looking at themselves and others. This transformed the circumstances of both the poor and the rich. Through this analysis the paper contributes to the body of knowledge on the relevance of Jesus’ message to human  development.

Key words: gospel tradition, Jesus, human development, conscientisation