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gme-98		gme-98		16	.pdf	application/pdf	7772	279	45	(MM Thomas even argues for a 'Christ-centred syncretism'.4) Even when Christians have formulated a description of Christ as an avat�ra (divine 'descent') it has, in line with the traditional assessment of Christ, usually been expressed in terms of uniqueness and historical particularity.5 Protestants writing in an Indian context have, of course, long been familiar with the problems posed by 'the scandal of particularity' in any claim that in the person and action of Jesus Christ God has overcome the otherwise relativising actions of history; they have acknowledged and sought to resolve those problems.6 The generally positive Indian Catholic appraisal of Hinduism is also tempered by some important qualifications deriving from the Christocentric nature of much of that appraisal. Barnett, Paul, ‘The Uniqueness of Christ in a Multi-faith Society’, Crux, 34.4 (December 1998), 32-40 2. Bloesch, Donald G, ‘The Finality of Christ’, chapter 10 (pp 229-49) of his Jesus Christ: Savior and Lord (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1997) 3. Brunk, George, ‘The Exclusiveness of Jesus Christ’, in New Directions in Mission and Evangelization, edited by James A Scherer and Stephen B Bevans (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1994), pp 39-54 4.	cache/gme-98.pdf	txt/gme-98.txt