Compare views of Jesus in a variety of other religions besides Christianity.
God or Man? | Who Jesus Was | Jesus' Purpose | Resurrection Happened? | |
| Traditional (Nicene) Christianity | Both: "fully God and fully man." | Second person of the Trinity, incarnation of God, Son of God, Savior. | Die for the sins of humanity. | Yes |
| Arianism | A created divine being. | A divine being, but created by God and inferior to Father. Son of God. Savior. | To save humanity from sin. | Yes |
| Baha'i Faith | Man | A "manifestation of God" and prophet. Since superseded by Muhammad and Baha'u'llah. | To reveal God's will as part of progressive revelation to humanity. | Only spiritually. |
| Buddhism | Man | Wise and enlightened man who taught similar things to the Buddha. | To teach humanity wisdom and the way to enlightenment. | Not addressed |
| Christian Science | Man | Wise man especially attuned to the divine Christ. | To teach humanity, heal, and overcome death. | Yes |
| Christadelphians | Man (or half-man, half-God). | Son of God but human, because mother was human Mary. Lived a sinless life and died sacrificial death. | To show God's love for humanity and redeem humanity from sin. | Yes |
| Gnosticism | God | Divine being sent from the supreme God. | To rescue humanity from the material world by revealing true knowledge. | Most Gnostics reject that Christ died at all. The human Jesus was ordinary and did not resurrect. |
| Hinduism | Views vary | Incarnation of God akin to Krishna, or wise man. | Not addressed | Not addressed |
| Islam | Man | True prophet sent by God, but superseded by Muhammad. | To reveal God's will in a progressive revelation that ended with Muhammad. | No |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | An archangel | Son of God, Word of God, God's first creation, Archangel Michael. | Teach about God, provide a model for right living, die sacrificially for human sin. | Yes |
| Mormonism (LDS) | Man | Son of God, Savior, originally one of the spirit beings that all humans used to be. Has a physical body. | To teach about God, provide a model for living, die sacrificially for sin. | Yes |
| Theosophy | Man | Great teacher. | No | |
| Unitarian Universalism | Man | Great teacher, faith-healer, "incarnation of God's love." | To demonstrate God's love for humanity and teach about justice and compassion. | No official teaching; most do not believe physical resurrection. |
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