Identity, Ethics, and Nonviolence in Postcolonial Theory
Title | Identity, Ethics, and Nonviolence in Postcolonial Theory PDF eBook |
Author | S. Abraham |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2007-04-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0230604137 |
Abraham argues that a theological imagination can expand the contours of postcolonial theory through a reexamination of notions of subjectivity, gender, and violence in a dialogical model with Karl Rahner. She questions of whether postcolonial theory, with its disavowal of religious agency, can provide an invigorating occasion for Catholic theology.
Postcolonial Yearning
Title | Postcolonial Yearning PDF eBook |
Author | A. Sen |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 126 |
Release | 2013-02-20 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1137340185 |
Anglophone postcolonial studies has been characterized by its secular nature. Yet as the first generation of scholars grapples with mortality, a yearning for spiritual meaning is emerging in many texts. This study synthesizes the sacred language used in these texts with critical theory in order to create a holistic frame for interpretive analysis.
Morality and Justice
Title | Morality and Justice PDF eBook |
Author | John-Stewart Gordon, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Pages | 247 |
Release | 2009-05-16 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1461633826 |
The essays in this book engage the original and controversial claims from Michael Boylan's A Just Society. Each essay discusses Boylan's claims from a particular chapter and offers a critical analysis of these claims. Boylan responds to the essays in his lengthy and philosophically rich reply.
Planetary Loves
Title | Planetary Loves PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen D. Moore |
Publisher | Fordham Univ Press |
Pages | 438 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0823233251 |
Postcolonial theology has recently emerged as a site of intense intellectual and political energy and has taken its place in the interdisciplinary field of postcolonial studies. This volume is animated by the conviction that postcolonial theology is now ready for a second, deeper phase of engagement with postcolonial theory, one that moves beyond the general to the specific. No critic has been more emblematic of the challenging and contested field of postcolonial theory than Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. In this volume, the product of a theological colloquium in which Spivak herself participated, theologians and biblical scholars engage with her thought in order to catalyze a diverse range of original theological and exegetical projects. The volume opens with a "topography" of postcolonial theology and also includes other valuable introductory essays. At the center of the collection are transcriptions of two extended public dialogues with Spivak on theology and religion in general. A further dozen essays appropriate Spivak's work for theological and ethical reflection. The volume is also significant for the larger field of postcolonial studies in that it is the first to focus centrally on Spivak's immensely suggestive and vital concept of "planetarity."
Postcolonial Feminist Theology
Title | Postcolonial Feminist Theology PDF eBook |
Author | Wietske de Jong-Kumru |
Publisher | LIT Verlag Münster |
Pages | 215 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 364390407X |
This book engages with the critical tools of Edward Said (1935-2003) and traces the voyage of various postcolonial feminist theologians. Along four intersecting lines, postcolonial feminist theology unfolds as addressing cultural othering, religious othering, gendered othering, and sexual othering. In critical solidarity with those constructed as other postcolonial feminist theology, the book challenges the norms of Western theology. (Series: ContactZone. Explorations in Intercultural Theology - Vol. 16)
Political Trauma and Healing
Title | Political Trauma and Healing PDF eBook |
Author | Mark G. Brett |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2016-05-27 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1467445118 |
How can Scripture address the crucial justice issues of our time? In this book Mark Brett offers a careful reading of biblical texts that speak to such pressing public issues as the legacies of colonialism, the demands of asylum seekers, the challenges of climate change, and the shaping of redemptive economies. Brett argues that the Hebrew Bible can be read as a series of reflections on political trauma and healing — the long saga of successive ancient empires violently asserting their sovereignty over Israel and of the Israelites forced to live out new pathways toward restoration. Brett retrieves the prophetic voice of Scripture and applies it to our contemporary world, addressing current justice issues in a relevant, constructive, compelling manner.
A Textbook of Christian Ethics
Title | A Textbook of Christian Ethics PDF eBook |
Author | Robin Gill |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 593 |
Release | 2014-01-16 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0567594394 |
Robin Gill's A Textbook of Christian Ethics continues to be popular with students and lecturers - it is difficult to find another textbook in the field that combines primary texts with extensive analysis and commentary. This 4th edition has been extensively revised and it incorporates up-to-date developments in the field of Christian ethics. Gill retains all the popular features of the previous editions, including its layout and structure, and in this new edition he also focuses on current debates, including such topics as global Christianity, global economics, euthanasia and global justice and the environment.