Hybridity and Christian identity

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ID21423942
AuthorsArun W Jones (0000-0002-5727-4315, Emory University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume50
Issue1
Pages7-16
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMissiology An International Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8296 • E-ISSN: 2051-3623
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00918296211043533
OpenAlexW3203059551
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

A hybrid identity, which results from an amalgamation of different cultures, different religious traditions and ideologies, and different social locations, with each having varying degrees of importance for identity formation, and being more or less well defined, has been a feature of Jewish and Christian life since biblical times. This article explores a variety of processes of hybridization in the formation of Christian identity. It also describes different effects that the condition of hybridity can have on Christian experience. Finally, it raises the question of whether hybridity should not be simply normal but also in some way normative in the religious self-understanding of Christians

Aesthetics · Christian Identity · Christianity · Epistemology · Hybridity · Identity (music) · Identity formation · Ideology · Normative · Political science · Politics · Self-concept · Social science · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Anthropology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Gender Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies

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