Redeeming the Broken Body

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.

Author: Gabriel A. Santos

Publisher: Cascade Books

Publication Date: Jan 01, 2009

Number of Pages: 326 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1556357257

ISBN-13: 9781556357251