Religion as metaphor for ethno-ethical identity /

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Main Author: Jesudasan, Ignatius
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: Milwaukee, Wis. : Marquette University Press, c2011.
Series:Marquette studies in theology ; #77.
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Table of 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 & Paul
  • Adwaitic metaphorical reading of the Nicene Creed
  • Acts shows metaphors making new identities
  • From ethnic ethics & theology to global praxis.