Book 2013

Messianism Against Christology

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English
Published: 2013

Miscellanea
Person and offices
Messianism
Jesus christ, person and offices
Person and officesjesus christ
Liberation theology
Anti-imperialist movements
Religion

The book is a collection of essays exploring questions of freedom, justice, representation and identity as these arise in various historical moments both inside and outside of normative christological discourse about Jesus. The basic thesis is that messianic talk about Jesus in 1st century Palestinian through the imperial cult after Constantine.