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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lloyd, Vincent W., 1982-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political theology and race.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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, or political theology. Some wrestle with historical figures, 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. Race and Political The

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804781831

0804781834

OCLC:

778339822