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Sufferation, Han, and the Blues: Collective Oppression in Artistic and Theological Expression

Padgett, Keith Wagner
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1276627655

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2010, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Comparative Studies.
Theologies of liberation have existed in multiple cultures around the world and contain similar relationships between oppression and theological reflection. Most notable among theological expressions are the community’s relationship to biblical narratives of the Exodus and the gospel stories relating Jesus’ affinity to the poor. This thesis compares the theological reflections and cultural understandings of oppression of three specific religious communities: Black liberation theology in the United States, minjung theology of South Korea, and Rastafari theology in Jamaica and the Caribbean. This thesis demonstrates that though the mechanisms of oppression are universal, groups experiencing collective oppression utilize culturally specific understandings of that oppression to inform theological ideas. Each group contains a culturally specific idea of sorrowful hope that informs their theology. These concepts, blues, han, and sufferation, are the culturally located ideas that inform similarities among these diverse groups.
Thomas Kasulis, Dr. (Advisor)
Maurice Stevens, Dr. (Committee Member)
Hugh Urban, Dr (Committee Member)
90 p.
African Americans; American Studies; Bible; Black History; Comparative Literature; Fine Arts; Religion; Religious Congregations; Religious Education; Religious History; Theology
Sufferation; han; the blues; collective oppression; theology; liberation theology; hope; sorrow; black theology; minjung; Rastafari; Jamaica; African-American; South Korea

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  • Padgett, K. W. (2010). Sufferation, Han, and the Blues: Collective Oppression in Artistic and Theological Expression [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1276627655

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Padgett, Keith. Sufferation, Han, and the Blues: Collective Oppression in Artistic and Theological Expression. 2010. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1276627655.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Padgett, Keith. "Sufferation, Han, and the Blues: Collective Oppression in Artistic and Theological Expression." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1276627655

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