Symbolic Interactionism in the Gospel According to John: A Contextual Study on the Symbolism of Water - Brossura

Mligo, Elia Shabani

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1625643985 ISBN 13: 9781625643988

Casa editrice: Wipf and Stock, 2014

Riassunto

Symbolic interactionism is a social-scientific perspective that seeks to describe how human beings create meaning with one another in their daily lives. Since the world is populated by symbols that characterize all interactions among living beings, this book explores the importance of symbols and symbolic interaction while moving beyond the social sciences to theological studies. By examining the way symbolic interaction is portrayed among characters in the Gospel according to John in the "water narratives" this book argues that the Bible is a symbol that is itself full of symbols whose meanings are worthy of our study. Hence, the interaction of characters in the Gospel of John and the whole Bible, along with the symbols they use in their interactions, demonstrates that symbolism is directly linked to human life because symbols are major means of communication, and without symbols, human beings are in chaos.

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Informazioni sull?autore

ELIA SHABANI MLIGO is Senior Lecturer in Contextual Theology at the University of Iringa's Amani Centre in Njombe, Tanzania. He is the author of many articles and books, including Jesus and the Stigmatized (2011), Writing Academic Papers (2012), Doing Effective Fieldwork (2013), and Elements of African Traditional Religion (2013).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Wipf and Stock
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1625643985
• ISBN 13: 9781625643988
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 98
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile