Trauma, cura, comunidade: as faces de cristo em amada, de toni morrison

Abstract

This article aims to analyze Beloved, by Toni Morrison, focusing especially on the intertextual biblical elements about Jesus and his ministry. Against the backdrop of black liberation theology, this article argues that in Beloved Morrison imbues her characters with Christological features to interrogate Eurocentric forms of doing theology, namely, a form of theology which pays little attention to the goals, needs and suffering of black communities victims of racism and oppression. In the novel, Morrison privileges a form of spirituality that embraces principles, symbols and elements of the Christian faith, but places them in the context of African American culture and spirituality. The result is a contextual theology which valorizes local sensitivities about the human’s relation with Alterity.