Religion as Metaphor for Ethno-ethical Identity.
Title:
Religion as Metaphor for Ethno-ethical Identity.
Author:
Jesudasan, Ignatius.
ISBN:
9780874627947
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (184 pages)
Series:
Marquette Studies in Theology ; v.77
Marquette Studies in Theology
Contents:
Contents -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Metaphor, Truth, Mystery & Mystification -- 2 The Ethical Factor of Ethnic Faith -- 3 Ethnic Faith as a Metaphorical Construct -- 4 Faiths as Mutually Deconstructive Metaphors -- 5 Religions as Ethnic Identity-Defining Metaphors -- 6 God, Angels and Devils as Metaphors of Semitic Societies -- 7 Basic Metaphors of Non-Semitic Societies -- 8 Adamic Myths as Allegorized Israelite History -- 9 The Gospel Metaphor versus the Adamic Israelite -- 10 The Metaphor & Mystery of Christmas -- 11 Mary's Virginity as Metaphor of Christian Ethnicity -- 12 Easter & Baptism as Adwaitic Christian Metaphors -- 13 Church-Constructive Metaphors of Peter & Paul -- 14 Adwaitic Metaphorical Readings of the Nicene Creed -- 15 Acts Shows Metaphors Making New Identities -- 16 From Ethnic Ethics & Theology to Global Praxis -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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