Messianism against Christology : social movements, folk arts, and empire /

Messianism against Christology : social movements, folk arts, and empire / James W. Perkinson.

Concerned for a planet in ecological crisis and anchored in the urban struggles of de-industrial Detroit, this book offers an alternative reading of traditional Christology under the rubric of messianis. This category contests the canonical tradition of an individual messiah and reframes the Galilea...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Perkinson, James W. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Subjects:
Jesus Christ > Person and offices > Miscellanea.
Jesus Christ.
Messianism > Miscellanea.
Christology.
Messianism.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Soteriological Humility in the Encounter of Religions
  • PART I: BIBLICAL 'CHRISTOLOGIES'
  • 1. Proto-Messianisms: Abel, Abraham, Moses, and Elijah
  • 2. Underneath the Text: Samaritan Jesus and Syro-Phoenician Logos
  • PART II: COUNTER-ROMAN-IMPERIAL MESSIANISMS
  • 3. Ethiopian Amulet Deflecting the Eye of Evil
  • 4. Celtic Peregrinatio in the Margins of Classical Illuminatio
  • 5. Medieval Martyr's Bones Echoing Provencal Phonolyte Stones
  • PART III: COUNTER-EURO-COLONIAL MESSIANISMS
  • 6. Slave Jesus Troping Master Jesus in Postcolonial America
  • 7. Ogu's Iron 'Revolutionizing' Jesus' Irony in Haiti
  • 8. Filipino Pasyon Defying Euro Reason
  • 9. South American Trance Jesus Flowering From Catholic and Evangelical Christs
  • 10. African Arborial Spirits Appropriating Colonial Mission Christs
  • Conclusion: Imperial Exorcisms.

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