Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Jesus and the Disinherited
Jesus as a disinherited Palestinian Jew — Thurman's short book that shaped Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Jesus and the Disinherited (Mature) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Scripture |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Jesus and the Disinherited
First-century Jesus; twentieth-century African American struggle.
Space
Jesus and the Disinherited
Roman-occupied Palestine; Jim Crow America.
Matter
Jesus and the Disinherited
The embodied Jesus; the embodied African American community.
Observer
Jesus and the Disinherited
Thurman as African American theological observer.
Energy
Jesus and the Disinherited
Fear, hate, deception of oppression vs. religion of Jesus.
Information
Jesus and the Disinherited
The three hounds; the proper Christian response.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
King's adoption of Thurman's framework was decisive. Relation to more radical Black liberation theology (Cone) variously assessed.