An Indigenous Jesus: Methodological and Theoretical Intersections in the Comparative Study of Religion
Indigeneity is a relational category that is predominantly, albeit not exclusively, applicable to Indigenous peoples. As a central theoretical site of discourse in Native Studies, indigeneity tends to be characterized by politicized relationships and provides powerful rhetorical strategies and count...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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| In: |
Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 238-266 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jesus Christus
/ Black Elk 1863-1950
/ Judah (People)
/ Indigenous peoples
/ Verflechtungsgeschichte
/ Interculturality
/ Native American studies
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBL Near East and North Africa KBQ North America NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Black Elk
B Ethnicity B Jesus B Postcolonialism B Indigeneity B Judean |
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| Summary: | Indigeneity is a relational category that is predominantly, albeit not exclusively, applicable to Indigenous peoples. As a central theoretical site of discourse in Native Studies, indigeneity tends to be characterized by politicized relationships and provides powerful rhetorical strategies and counter-narratives. Facilitating decolonization as well as illuminating the structural and systemic relationships between the indigenous and the colonial, Indigenous theory recognizes the often complex inter-relationships attending the delineation of ethnic, social, and religious identity. The historical Black Elk, for example, illustrates how Lakota and Catholic religious identities co-exist in an ongoing site of discursive tension. This article argues that the historical figure of Jesus can be re-cognized as an indigenous Judean, complicating contemporary efforts in which the quest for the historical Jesus occurs in a predominantly Christian discursive context. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341516 |
