TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jesudasan,Ignatius
TI  - Religion as metaphor for ethno-ethical identity
T2  - Marquette studies in theology
AV  - BL65.E75 J47 2011eb
U1  - 200.89 23
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
PB  - Marquette University Press
KW  - Ethnicity
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Identification (Religion)
KW  - Metaphor
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=11078173
ER  -