Religion as metaphor for ethno-ethical identity [Texte imprimé] / Ignatius Jesudasan ; [foreword Carsten Palmer Schale]

Notes bibliogr.

Metaphor, truth, mystery & mystification -- The ethical factor of ethnic faith -- Ethnic faith as a metaphorical construct -- Faiths as mutually deconstructive metaphors -- Religions as ethnic identity-defining metaphors -- God, angels & devil as metaphors of Semitic societies -- Basic metaphors of non-Semitic societies -- Adamic myth as allegorized Israelite history -- The Gospel metaphor versus the Adamic Israelite -- The metaphor and mystery of Christmas -- Mary's virginity as metaphor of Christian ethnicity -- Easter & baptism as Adwaitic Christian metaphors -- Church-constructive metaphors of Peter and Paul -- Adwaitic metaphorical reading of the Nicene creed -- Acts shows metaphors making new identities -- From ethnic ethics & theology to global praxis