The Messianic Commons: Images of the Messiah after Modernity

Blower, David Benjamin

ISBN 10: 0334066387 / ISBN 13: 9780334066385

Published by SCM Press, 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Messianic Commons: Images of the Messiah after Modernity
• Publisher: SCM Press
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0334066387
• ISBN 13: 9780334066385
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Messianic stories run through the Abrahamic faiths and many others besides. Messianism is the religion of the oppressed; the faith of those whose struggle compels them toward alternative futures. Messianism has also become a watchword for visionaries of radical politics, far beyond confessional religious spaces. These sketches explore how we might encounter ourselves differently in the dim light of that illusive figure: how we might reimagine ourselves as ecological creatures, economic agents, and as beings who dance differently with power and life, amidst the many threads of messianic folklore.

About the Author

David Benjamin Blower is a theologian, essayist and poet. He is also a prolific musician, a podcaster, and the author of Sympathy for Jonah: Reflections on Humiliation, Terror and the Politics of Enemy-Love.