| Description |
xii, 290 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Challenges in contemporary theology |
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Challenges in contemporary theology.
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| Contents |
Pt. I. Time and Its Discontents -- 1. Our Time in Vietnam -- 2. Killing Time -- Pt. II. Created Time -- 3. Christological Time -- 4. The Sorrow of the Exile: Trinity, Memory, and Return -- Pt. III. Memory and the Americans in Vietnam -- 5. Swing Our Lives with a Story: Memory and Narrative -- 6. Re-performing the Dark Night of the Soul: Memory and Liturgy -- 7. Eucharistic Re-membering: Memory and Politics |
| Summary |
"Many Americans are still haunted by the Vietnam War. Because memories of Vietnam were too difficult to bear, others made the fateful decision to forget entirely. But how - and why - does one choose to remember moral catastrophe? And is it ever ethical to simply forget?" "This unique work develops a theological analysis of the American war in Vietnam, constructing a Christian account of memory in relation to the events that unfolded during the course of this long and tragic conflict. In doing so, it reveals broader insights about history, memory, and redemption. Combining the theological categories of time and eternity, Tran reflects upon two central questions: How might Christians theological understand the Vietnam War; and why and how might Christians remember the horrors perpetrated there?"--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Memory -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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| LC no. |
2009049290 |
| ISBN |
9781405183208 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1405183209 hardcover alkaline paper |
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