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Author Jesudasan, Ignatius, author.

Title Religion as metaphor for ethno-ethical identity / Ignatius Jesudasan.

Publication Info. Milwaukee, Wisconsin : Marquette University Press, [2011]
2011

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Description 1 online resource (183 pages).
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Series Marquette studies in theology ; number 77
Marquette studies in theology ; #77.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Metaphor, truth, mystery & mystification -- The ethical factor of ethnic faith -- Ethnic faith as a metaphorical construct -- Faiths as mutually deconstructive metaphors -- Religions as ethnic identity-defining metaphors -- God, angels & devil as metaphors of Semitic societies -- Basic metaphors of non-Semitic societies -- Adamic myth as allegorized Israelite history -- The Gospel metaphor versus the Adamic Israelite -- The metaphor and mystery of Christmas -- Mary's virginity as metaphor of Christian ethnicity -- Easter & baptism as Adwaitic Christian metaphors -- Church-constructive metaphors of Peter and Paul -- Adwaitic metaphorical reading of the Nicene creed -- Acts shows metaphors making new identities -- From ethnic ethics & theology to global praxis.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Ethnicity -- Religious aspects.
Race relations -- Religious aspects.
Identification (Religion)
Metaphor -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Jesudasan, Ignatius. Religion as metaphor for ethno-ethical identity. Milwaukee, Wisconsin : Marquette University Press, [2011] 183 pages ; 22 cm Marquette studies in theology ; no. 77 9780874627930
ISBN 9780874627930 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0874627931 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780874627947 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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