Religion as metaphor for ethno-ethical identity
By: Ignatius Jesudasan
Series: Marquette studies in theology -- no. 77
Publisher: Marquette University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Milwaukee, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780874627930
Subjects: Race relations; Metaphor; Identification (Religion); Religious aspects; Ethnicity; Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Metaphor, truth, mystery & mystification; title: The ethical factor of ethnic faith; title: Ethnic faith as a metaphorical construct; title: Faiths as mutually deconstructive metaphors; title: Religions as ethnic identity-defining metaphors; title: God, angels & devil as metaphors of Semitic societies; title: Basic metaphors of non-Semitic societies; title: Adamic myth as allegorized Israelite history; title: The Gospel metaphor versus the Adamic Israelite; title: The metaphor and mystery of Christmas; title: Mary's virginity as metaphor of Christian ethnicity; title: Easter & baptism as Adwaitic Christian metaphors; title: Church-constructive metaphors of Peter and Paul; title: Adwaitic metaphorical reading of the Nicene creed; title: Acts shows metaphors making new identities; title: From ethnic ethics & theology to global praxis.