Reading the Story of Jesus Christ as an Epic

• 作者: Wangari Mwai Edwin Gimode Charles Kebaya
• 来源期刊: 文化与宗教研究：英文版
• 学科: 社会科学
• 关键词: epic EPIC heroism JESUS Christ CHRISTIAN IDENTITY
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（4）
• 页码范围: 217-226
• 页数: 10页
• 分类号: G0

摘要

There is no doubt that Jesus Christ is the eternal embodiment of the Christian faith. The story of salvation,especially the life of Jesus, forms the basis through which many Christians encounter the eternal. Indeed, each facetof Christ is intricately intertwined with the others and that Christian literature often focuses on redefining variousfigures in the image of Christ and on illustrating morality. Without disparaging in any way the story of Jesus Christ,this paper parallels the conceptualization of epic heroism and the narrative of Jesus Christ. In doing this, the articleprovides a critical exegesis of elements of epic heroism in the story of Christ. Ultimately, reading the story of JesusChrist through the prism of epic heroism helps us submit that it is a ＂tale of Christian identity＂ comparable to theepic identity and able to eonvey eternal meaning to Christian groups who recognize it as ＂their story of salvation＂.