Seeing Christ in Australia Since 1850

This book presents cultural representations of Christ embedded in the imagination and the contested myths of Australian life. The essays attest to the variety and subtlety of neglected or unspoken representations of Christ in Australia. In a land that has often declared itself secular or post-Christian, this volume looks into the Australian imagination, in between the sacred and secular, to see Christ in Australia.

Provides new perspectives on the reception of Christ beyond the church in Australian culture and history Makes an important contribution to the articulation of an Australian understanding of Jesus Christ Challenges assumptions about the relationship between sacred and secular in the Australian context

Auteur

Kerrie Handasyde is Academic Dean and Associate Professor History of Christianity at Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity, Australia.

Sean Winter is Head of College and Associate Professor of New Testament at Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity, Australia.

Contenu
PART I: FOUNDING MYTHS.- 1. Christ as Story Teller; Alison Overeem.- 2. Christ as Lost Innocent; Kerrie Handasyde.- 3. Christ as Outlaw; Glen O'Brien.- 4. Christ as Anzac; Kyle Moffitt.- 5. Christ as Worker; Katharine Massam.- PART II: CONTEMPORARY SIGHTINGS.- 6. Christ as Social Conscience; Amanda Burritt.- 7. Christ as Princess of Pop; Rebekah Pryor.- 8. Christ as Strange(r): Christological Soundings in Australian Art; Jason Goroncy.- 9. Christ as Outsider: Queer Christology and the Catholic Imagination of Justin O'Brien; Alana Harris.- 10. Christ as Son and Brother: Jesus in Christos Tsiolka's Damascus ; Sean Winter.- 11. Christ as Saviour of the West; Geoff Thompson.