Communities of the Cross: Christa and the Communal Nature of Redemption
Rita Nakashima Brock
This is a study of the development Christian symbolic use Cross. Early depictions were anastasic, empty cross symbolizing resurrection and hiding manner Jesus’ death. As community itself became more violent, first practiced then justified practice war, Crucifix showed Christ on Cross increasingly graphically. The writer compares this with set images in around chapel at Central American University San Salvador. record memory suffering terror. article ends by locating experience writing about these context global grass-roots protest against war Iraq.
Feminist Theology