Your God is a Racist, Sexist, Homophobic, and a Misogynist Our God is Change: Ishmael Reed, Octavia Butler and Afrofuturist Critiques of (Black) American Religion
This article explores Afrofuturist critiques of contemporary (Black) American religion and the problematics of difference, dominance and deliverance envisioned by Black literary art in Ishmael Reed's play, The Preacher and the Rapper and Octavia Butler's novels, Parable of the Sower and Pa...
| Published in: | Black theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2016]
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Black theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CH Christianity and Society FD Contextual theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Afrofuturism
B cultural productions B Ishmael Reed B Octavia Butler B black preacher B resignification B black youth B rapper |
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| Summary: | This article explores Afrofuturist critiques of contemporary (Black) American religion and the problematics of difference, dominance and deliverance envisioned by Black literary art in Ishmael Reed's play, The Preacher and the Rapper and Octavia Butler's novels, Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. Though Ishmael Reed and Octavia Butler deploy similar futuristic narrative strategies, they imagine radically different futures, present distinctive strategies of intervention, and imagine differing roles for Black religion in their respective futures. This article analyzes these futuristic theological themes in light of theorists of Afrofuturism, including Kodwo Eshun, literary critics such as Tuire Valkeakari, and contemporary black religious thinkers such as Monica A. Coleman, drawing out their respective insights and implications. Taken together, Reed's and Butler's Afrofuturistic critiques offer possibilities for imagining alternative, emancipatory forms of Black theological discourse and religious practice. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1670 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Black theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14769948.2015.1131503 |