The Latino Christ in art, literature, and liberation theology /Michael R. Candelaria.
- First edition.
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Salvador Dalø: nuclear mystical Christ -- Fray Angelico Chavez: the Virgin of Port Lligat -- José Clemente Orozco: Christ Prometheus -- Miguel de Unamuno: the Quixotic Christ -- Jorge Luis Borges: the fictional Christ -- Richard Rojas: the invisible Christ -- Liberation theology: Christ the liberator -- The Mestizo Christ -- Coda.
This exploration of Iberian, Latin American, and US-Hispanic representations of Christ focuses on outliers in art, literature, and theology: Spanish painter Salvador Dal#65533;, Mexican muralist Jos#65533; Clemente Orozco, Argentine writer Jorge Borges, Spanish existentialist Miguel de Unamuno, Brazilian theologian Leonardo Boff, and Mexican philosopher Jos#65533; Vasconcelos.
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Jesus Christ--Art. Jesus Christ--In literature.
Christianity and the arts--Latin America. Liberation theology.