Redeeming the Broken Body

By Gabriel a Santos

This book examines how repertoires of speech and action that are often considered to be mutually exclusive--those of church and state--clash or unite during the postdisaster period as local communities and cities struggle to establish a stable collective identity. Based on an analysis of forty in-depth interviews with disaster-response participants and over 325 print-media sources, this study explores, first, the extent to which ministers and citizens challenge statist narratives in order to publicly relay theological views; second, the cultural processes by which local places are nationalized and theologized; and third, the ecclesiological convictions necessary to peaceably advance the work of Christ's body after disasters.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498211224
• ISBN13: 9781498211222
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"