Messianism against Christology : resistance movements, folk arts, and empire / James W. Perkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perkinson, James W., author.

Series:

New approaches to religion and power

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Messianism.

Political messianism.

Jesus Christ--Person and offices.

Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Concerned for a planet in ecological crisis and anchored in the urban struggles of de-industrial Detroit, this book offers an alternative reading of traditional Christology under the rubric of messianism. This category contests the canonical tradition of an individual messiah and reframes the Galilean movement of Jesus as a collective enterprise of living alternative to empire. Its "little tradition" politics and parabolic arts serve as template for reading similar vernacular efforts across history, committed to countering imperial concentrations of Powers rooted in urban life and recovering an older species-memory of living more justly and sustainably, "on the land." Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Wildlands Memorialization: Messianism Mapped 1

2 Ancestral Invocation: Messianic Traces from Abel to Isaiah 25

3 Parabolic Incantation: Movement Messianism and the Jubilee Jesus 59

4 Metaphysical Speculation: From Messianism to Christology 93

5 Talismayiic Depiction: Messianic Repair and Folk Arts (Ethiopia) 127

6 Insurgent Beat: Messianic Decay and Vision Quest 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1137332271

OCLC:

869000843

Publisher Number:

99957256611