Missional Resistance: The Man in the High Castle's Hope for an Alternate Reality

The television series Man in the High Castle is set in an alternate United States of America reality where Nazi Germany and Japan won World War II. This paper explores the saga's themes narratively, scripturally, and missionally, engaging with various cultural, religious, and mission studies. T...

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Главный автор: Parker, Stephen (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Wiley-Blackwell [2020]
В: International review of mission
Год: 2020, Том: 109, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 281-296
Индексация IxTheo:CD Христианство и культура
KAJ Новейшее время
NBE Антропология
NCA Этика
RJ Миссионерство
Другие ключевые слова:B Resistance
B Kingdom of God
B Миссия (международное право)
B Cultural Studies
B Narrative Theology
B Values
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Итог:The television series Man in the High Castle is set in an alternate United States of America reality where Nazi Germany and Japan won World War II. This paper explores the saga's themes narratively, scripturally, and missionally, engaging with various cultural, religious, and mission studies. The resistance theme of The Man in the High Castle in particular provides a useful parallel to Christian mission that is surprisingly resonant both with scripture and with Benjamin Simon's three pillars of mission. The oppressive values of the conquering empires lead to an awareness that there is a problem with the world, which encourages Christians toward mission and the series' Americans toward resistance. Finally, the success in The Man in the High Castle of sharing stories of “another world” as a scheme of resistance provides a useful strategy for Christians today. Mission, with a Man in the High Castle flavour, becomes an act of resistance to oppressive evil through the sharing of stories of the coming kingdom of God. Simon's three pillars of mission can all be seen in the approaches to mission seen from the series. Because the world is filled with oppressive values and needs Christian resistance, the pillar of transformation is required. The idea of sharing stories of an alternate world, the kingdom of God, is also an example of both gospel transmission and gospel translation into a fresh context.
ISSN:1758-6631
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: International review of mission
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/irom.12334