Portraying the Face of the Nazarene in Contemporary Indonesia: Literature as Frontier-Expanding Mission
Religious conflict is a key element in the ongoing turmoil in Indonesia. Reconciliation calls for authentic yet open religious identities. This essay introduces examples of Christian literature by socially engaged activists and politically aware mystics. These authors are creating a new language in...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2001
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Pacifica
Year: 2001, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 172-190 |
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| Summary: | Religious conflict is a key element in the ongoing turmoil in Indonesia. Reconciliation calls for authentic yet open religious identities. This essay introduces examples of Christian literature by socially engaged activists and politically aware mystics. These authors are creating a new language in which to re-picture the Jesus of the Gospels as authentically Asian at the heartbeat of popular Indonesian culture. |
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| ISSN: | 1839-2598 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pacifica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1030570X0101400204 |