Messianic stories run through the Abrahamic faiths and many others
besides. Messianism is the religion of the oppressed; the faith of those
whose struggle compels them toward alternative futures. Messianism has
also become a watchword for visionaries of radical politics, far beyond
confessional religious spaces.
These sketches explore how we might encounter ourselves differently in
the dim light of that illusive figure: how we might reimagine ourselves
as ecological creatures, economic agents, and as beings who dance
differently with power and life, amidst the many threads of messianic
folklore.
David Benjamin Blower is a theologian, essayist and poet. He is also a prolific musician, a podcaster, and the author of Sympathy for Jonah: Reflections on Humiliation, Terror and the Politics of Enemy-Love.