| Title: | The poor invited to the feast |
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| Notes: | JESUS MAFA is a response to the New Testament readings from the Lectionary by a Christian community in Cameroon, Africa. Each of the readings was selected and adapted to dramatic interpretation by the community members. Photographs of their interpretations were made, and these were then transcribed to paintings. In this painting, we see a generous, wealthy host, choosing to hold a feast for the poor. A large group of disenfranchised people are gathered together eating, talking, and enjoying one another’s company. The faces of the host and all his guests show expressions of joy and gratitude. This scene reveals a community who took Jesus’ instructions from Luke 14:13 seriously: “But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.” Followers of Jesus are to remain humble, expecting nothing in return for the Christ-like love we are called to share with the world. |
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| Date: | 1973 |
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| Artist: | JESUS MAFA |
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| Country: | Cameroon
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| Scripture: | Luke 14:1, 7-14
Psalm 113
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| Lectionary links: | CProp17
BEast05
BVis
BProp05
BDiv
BProp26
AVis
CEpip03
CVis
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| General Subject: | Food
Poor
Community
Culture: African
Culture: Black
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- Cameroon
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| Copyright Source: | http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr (contact page: https://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr/contact) |
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| Copyright Permission: | For non-commercial uses, include with the image the Attribution statement below. Variations of the statement are fine as long as the elements in the Attribution statement are included. For other uses contact Éditions de l’Emmanuel, https://www.editions-emmanuel.com/contact/. |
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| Attribution: | JESUS MAFA. The poor invited to the feast, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48397 [retrieved October 4, 2024]. Original source: http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr (contact page: https://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr/contact). |
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| Record Number: | 48397
Last Updated: 2022-05-23 05:21:16
Record Created: 2006-12-22 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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