Reading the Story of Jesus Christ as an Epic

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dc.contributor.authorMwai, Wangari
dc.contributor.authorGimode, Edwin
dc.contributor.authorKebaya, Charles
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-27T12:44:10Z
dc.date.available2023-04-27T12:44:10Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractThere 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 facet of Christ is intricately intertwined with the others and that Christian literature often focuses on redefining various figures 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 article provides a critical exegesis of elements of epic heroism in the story of Christ. Ultimately, reading the story of Jesus Christ through the prism of epic heroism helps us submit that it is a “tale of Christian identity” comparable to the epic identity and able to convey eternal meaning to Christian groups who recognize it as “their story of salvation”.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMwai, W., Gimode, E., & Kebaya, C. (2015). Reading the Story of Jesus Christ as an Epic.en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi: 10.17265/2328-2177/2015.04.005
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/25265
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCultural and Religious Studiesen_US
dc.subjectepicen_US
dc.subjectepic heroismen_US
dc.subjectJesus Christen_US
dc.subjectChristian identityen_US
dc.titleReading the Story of Jesus Christ as an Epicen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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