The image is of a Siapo mamanu (tapa cloth), 1890s, Samoa (Te Papa, Wellington) Bird, Cliff. “Together Towards Life and Contemporary Pacific Theology.” In Ecumenical Missiology: Changing Landscapes and New Conceptions of Mission, edited by Kenneth R. Ross, Jooseop Keum, Kyriaki Avtzi, and Roderick R. Hewitt, 507–18. Oxford; Geneva: Regnum; WCC, 2016. Boseto, Leslie. “Do… Pasifika Theologies
The image is a Mural in Cochabamba (Bolivia) Catholic Catechetical Centre, Cadeca Althaus-Reid, Marcella. “Do Not Stop the Flow of My Blood: A Critical Christology of Hope Amongst Latin American Women.” Studies in World Christianity 1, no. 2 (1995): 143–59. Boff, Leonardo. “Christ’s Liberation via Oppression: An Attempt at Theological Construction From the Standpoint of Latin America,”… Latin American Christologies
The image is “Station 15: Triumph of Life” (1992) from the “Stations of the Cross from Latin America 1492-1992” or “Latin American Via Crucis” by Adolfo Pérez Esquivel of Argentina. See the rather comprehensive collection, which has been made available for free: International Theological Commission of the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians, ed.… Liberationist Christologies
The image is “The Resurrection of Jesus“, station 15 of the Stations of the Cross located in Lodwar Cathedral, Kenya Afeke, B., and P. Verster. “Christianisation of Ancestor Veneration Within African Traditional Religions: An Evaluation.” In die Skriflig 1 (2004): 47-61. Bediako, Kwame. “Jesus in the African Culture: A Ghanaian Perspective.” In Emerging Voices in… Ancestor Christologies
The image is “Sundancer Christ” by Fr. John Guiliani Clarke, Clifton R. “Towards a Post-Missionary Oral Christology Among African Indigenous Churches in Ghana.” Journal of Asian Mission 6, no. 2 (2004): 245–64. Donaldson, Laura E. “Native Women’s Double Cross: Christology from the Contact Zone.” Feminist Theology 10, no. 29 (2002): 96–117. Lin, Hong-Hsin. “The Identification… Indigenous Christologies
The above icon is “La Sagrada Familia” by Kelly Latimore Cornell, Deirdre. Jesus was a Migrant. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2014. Groody, Daniel G. “Christology At the U.S./Mexico Border: An Eschatological View,” In Jesus of Galilee, 249–61. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2011. Groody, Daniel G. “Jesus and the Undocumented Immigrant: A Spiritual Geography of a… Migrant Christologies
The image is Māori Jesus, 2014, by Sofia Minson (New Zealand, 1984). Acrylic and flashe paint on loose canvas, 148 x 97 cm. For the story of the artwork, see: Sofia Minson Victoria Emily Jones @ The Jesus Question Carroll, Seforosa. “Weaving New Spaces: Christological Perspectives from Oceania (Pacific) and the Oceanic Diaspora.” Studies in… Pasifika Christologies
The image is “Christ in Majesty” (1959) by Jan Henryk Rosen in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC. “One of the largest mosaics of Christ in the world, it measures 3,610 square feet and features 3,000 different shades of Venetian glass tiles – including 300 shades of red alone.” Ezigbo, Victor Ifeanyi,… Critiques of Western Representations
The image is the March 1969 cover of EBONY magazine. The main story was titled “The Quest for a Black Christ.” For a short video reflection on the cover and the fallout, and the effects of “colour symbolism,” see: Blum, Edward J. “‘There Won’t Be Any Rich People in Heaven’: The Black Christ, White Hypocrisy,… Black Christologies
The image is from the initiative by Whitley College, a college of the University of Divinity, in partnership with NAIITS, to explore theology, history and the practice of ministry from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and world Indigenous perspectives. In 2021, the University of Divinity also launched the School of Indigenous Studies. The below references… The Shape of Indigenous Theologies