The Susegad Christ and the Ethics of Recognition: Multicultural Democracy Beyond the Tyranny of Numbers

The concept of political Christology examines how images and understandings of Jesus Christ influence political thought, ethical commitments, and the organization of communal life. In the distinctive socio-religious soil of Goa, a figure can be quietly thought: the Susegad Christ. Drawing from the Konkani cultural ideal of susegad, a lived posture of unhurried contentment, sufficiency, relational harmony, and delight...