Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Tran, Jonathan
Titre(s) : The Vietnam War and theologies of memory [Texte électronique] : time and eternity in the far country / Jonathan Tran
Publication : Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Collection : Challenges in contemporary theology
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
The Vietnam War and Theologies of Memory develops a theological analysis of the American
war in Vietnam and constructs a Christian account of memory in relation to this tragic
conflict. An elegantly written reflection of memory and forgiveness, this unique work
explores the ecclesial practice of memory in relation to the American war in Vietnam
Questions how and why we choose to remember atrocity, and asks whether it is ever
ethical to simply forget Explores the theological categories of time and eternity,
and the ideas of thinkers including Aquinas, Augustine, and Barth Reveals broader
insights about history, memory, and redemption Resonates beyond the field of theological
inquiry by offering a broader analysis of war entirely relevant to our time
Sujet(s) : Guerre du Vietnam (1961-1975)
Indice(s) Dewey :
261.873 (23e éd.) = Guerre et paix (christianisme)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781444324129
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44662532s
Notice n° :
FRBNF44662532
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Time and its discontents ; Out Time in Vietnam ; The divine kenosis and being-toward-death
; "Our time" in Vietnam ; "When time Is nothing but speed" ; Killing time ; Boredom
and atrocity ; God and the ordinary ; Created Time ; Christological time ; "The
Detemporalization of time" ; Being and time ; The goodness of death ; The Spiritual
life of the age ; A time of idols ; The fragility of time ; The Sorrow of the exile:
Trinity, memory, and return ; Trinity and mind ; Trinity and forgetting ; Forgetting
God ; Desire and return ; The Witness of the martyrs ; Authentic temporality ;
Memory and the Americans in Vietnam ; Saving our lives with a story: memory and narrative
; The case of forgetting ; Realism and Narrative ; From paradox to mimesis ; From
mimesis to forgiveness ; Trinity, forgiveness, and gift ; Forgiveness as gift exchange
; The gift of new stories ; Re-performing the dark night of the soul: Memory and
liturgy ; Two views of liturgical me
