Spirit and the obligation of social flesh : a secular theology for the global city / Sharon V. Betcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Betcher, Sharon V., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Religious aspects.

Globalization.

Cities and towns--Religious aspects.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

x, 302 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Drawing on philosophical reflection, spiritual and religious values, and somatic practice, Spirit and the Obligation of Social Flesh offers guidance for moving amidst the affective dynamics that animate the streets of the global cities now amassing around our planet Betcher argues that for seculars today the possibility of a devoted life, the practice of felicity in history, still remains. Spirit now names a necessary "prosthesis," a locus for regenerating the elemental commons of our interdependent flesh and thus for cultivating spacious and fearless empathy, forbearance, and generosity. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Crip/tography 26

2 "Fearful Symmetry": Between Theological Aesthetics and Global Economics 50

3 Breathing through the Pain: Engaging the Cross as Tonglen, Taking to the Streets as Mendicants 68

4 In the Ruin of God 107

5 The Ballet of the Good City Sidewalk: Releasing the Optics of Disability into Social Flesh 139

6 "Take My Yoga Upon You" (Matt 11:29): A Spirit/ual Pli for the Global City 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780823253906

0823253902

9780823253913

0823253910

OCLC:

841186907