On metaphors, relevance and Christology
What is your favourite metaphor or image of Jesus Christ? Do you connect with the metaphors of Jesus as the Lamb of God, Bread of Life, Advocate, Shepherd and Warrior?
One of the most exciting things that I do in my research is to study how people around the world are making sense of Jesus Christ in their own language and metaphors. In today's episode, I will take you through the tribal portraits of Jesus Christ. Today we take Jesus Christ to the Naga hills. Get ready, because just like the actual travel through the Naga hills, we have to take the bumpy and winding roads and brings you face to face with military and political complexities, colourful cultures and traditions, daily impoverishments, and yet vivid imagination, creativity and signs of hope. So let's board the bus and let's head up to the hills for a cup of red tea.
The four metaphors explored in this episode is drawn out from the book, Christology in Context: a Tribal-Indigenous Appraisal of North East India, written by the Tangkhul Naga theologian, Yangkahao Vashum. He is a professor of theology at the Eastern Theological College, Jorhat, Assam. It's a great book and includes way more that I had time to explore in the episode.
The four metaphors are: Jesus as the Rooster of the Sacred Other, Jesus as the Elder Brother and Ancestor, Jesus as the Liberator, and Jesus as the Reconciler. Which one do you find most fascinating and evocative? Which one do you think offers insights and perspectives that you have not thought of?
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Host: K. C. Rathiulung Elias
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