Jesus beyond Nationalism: Constructing the Historical Jesus in a Period of Cultural Complexity. Edited by Halvor Moxnes, Ward Blanton, and James G. Crossley
‘It was an interest in “outing” Jesus scholarship from its closeted life in biblical scholarship, in order to situate it explicitly within larger ideological political contexts’ (p. 2) which led to a conference in Oslo (2007) hosting the eight papers collected here. They consider ‘the role of the fi...
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Format: | Electronic Review |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 678-679 |
Review of: | Jesus beyond nationalism (London [u.a.] : Equinox Pub., 2009) (Morgan, Robert)
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Summary: | ‘It was an interest in “outing” Jesus scholarship from its closeted life in biblical scholarship, in order to situate it explicitly within larger ideological political contexts’ (p. 2) which led to a conference in Oslo (2007) hosting the eight papers collected here. They consider ‘the role of the figure of Jesus in negotiating, commenting upon and reflecting modern issues of identity, especially national identity, in a time at which the self-evidence and clarity of the nation-state is being radically called into question’ (p. 99). The ‘figure’ of Jesus has significance for European identity quite independently of the churches’ Christianity and the introduction on ‘cultural complexity’ by the social anthropologist who directs an Oslo research programme on the topic (T. H. |
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ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fls135 |