Race and political theology / edited by Vincent W. Lloyd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lloyd, Vincent W., 1982- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political theology and race.

Physical Description:

viii, 254 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Much of the rapidly expanding literature on political theology (the relationship between religious and political ideas) has ignored race. This collection encourages us to ponder whether many attempts to theorize religion and politics are peculiarly Christian and peculiarly white, and it points us toward alternatives. For instance, much twentieth-century political theology grappled, often implicitly, with the racial/religious figure of the Jew, and there is a rich tradition of African American thought that explores intersections of religion and politics.

In this volume, senior scholars come together to explore how Jewish and African American experiences can make us think differently about the nexus of religion and politics. Some wrestle with historical figures, canonical or overlooked, such as William Shakespeare, W. E. B. Du Bois, Nazi journalist Wilhelm Stapel, and Austrian historian Otto Brunner. Others ponder what political theology can contribute to contemporary politics, particularly relating to Israel's complicated religious/racial/national identity and to the religious currents in African American politics.

Attentive to both historical context and the nuances of theoretical debates, Race and Political Theology is academically rigorous yet does not shy away from theological questions. The book opens new avenues for research in a wide range of fields, showing how timely questions about religion and politics must be reframed when race is taken into account Book jacket.

Contents:

Political theology and the case of Otto Brunner / Vincent P. Pecora

The politicization of heaven : Wilhelm Stapel's political theology of nationalist sovereignty / Christoph Schmidt

An unlikely convergence : W.E.B. Du Bois, Karl Barth, and the problem of the imperial god-man / Kameron Carter

There are no clean souls : the promise and perils of political theology in The souls of black folk / Jonathan S. Kahn

The race for theology : toward a critical political theology of freedom / Corey D.B. Walker

The enemy's two bodies (political theology too) / Gil Anidjar

The double mark of the male Muslim : eracing Othello / Daniel Boyarin

Between sacred and secular : Michael Walzer's exodus story / Bonnie Honig

The state between race and religion : a conversation / Martin Land and Jonathan Boyarin

From political theology to vernacular prophecy : rethinking redemption / George Shulman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804773140

0804773149

9780804773157

0804773157

OCLC:

760531651