(urth) Jordan interview

António Pedro Marques entonio at gmail.com
Sat Oct 22 04:33:44 PDT 2011


No dia 22/10/2011, às 00:27, "Jeff Wilson" <jwilson at clueland.com> escreveu:
> On Fri, October 21, 2011 16:27, Andrew Mason wrote:
>> 
>> The other thing is the 'Christ figure' remark, which is often quoted
>> in a way that's not quite right. Here's what Wolfe says: 'In so far as
>> there is a Christ figure it is Severian. That doesn't mean he has to
>> be identified with Christ. He is in a position similar to that of
>> Christ. But really it is a different position because Christ really is
>> both God and man. Severian is not. Severian is a Christian rather than
>> a Christ.'
> 
> This at least is consistent with the Long Sun and Short Sun books, where
> Christianity seems to be am emergent phenomenon.

The genesis of a Christianity without a historical Christ - either because there never was one, or because he's been forgotten. Sounds interesting. 


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