Metaphysics, Metaphor and Multiplicity: A Postmodern Womanist Theology for Today's Thorniest Religious Issues

This article offers the story of Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai as a starting point for investigating pressing issues in twenty-first century liberation theologies. Maathai’s story reveals that liberation theologies must still wrestle with the complexity of ongoing oppression and its maldi...

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主要作者: Coleman, Monica A. 1974- (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2017]
In: Political theology
Year: 2017, 卷: 18, 发布: 4, Pages: 340-353
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Maathai, Wangari 1940-2011 / 女性主义 / 黑色神学
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
FD Contextual theology
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
Further subjects:B Liberation Theology
B Process theology
B Theodicy
B Womanist Theology
B Wangari Maathai
B Black Theology
B Religious Pluralism
B Multiple Religious Belonging
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总结:This article offers the story of Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai as a starting point for investigating pressing issues in twenty-first century liberation theologies. Maathai’s story reveals that liberation theologies must still wrestle with the complexity of ongoing oppression and its maldistributed suffering, and a spirituality that is multiply religious. The argument begins by addressing William R. Jones’ challenge to early black theologies with the proposal of a postmodern womanist theology. The author also suggests embracing W.E.B. DuBois’ understanding of double consciousness as a metaphor for discussing religious pluralism that straddles religious categorization. Drawing from the resources of black and womanist theologies, postmodern process metaphysics and black studies, this article offers a framework to understand oppression, human agency, divine justice, and the constructive possibility of narratives and language that allows us to understand and articulate creative ways of speaking about religious pluralism and theorizing liberation theologies outside Christian paradigms.
Item Description:Das Heft ist als Doppelheft erschienen: "Volume 18 Numbers 3-4 May-June 2017"
ISSN:1462-317X
Contains:Enthalten in: Political theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2017.1311059