Decolonial Theology in the North Atlantic World
This essay develops a response to the historical situation of the North Atlantic world in general and the United States in particular through theological reflection. It offers an overview of some decolonial perspectives with which theologians can engage, and argues for a general perspective for a de...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Brill research perspectives in theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-88 |
| Further subjects: | B
Coloniality
B Liberation Theology B border thinking B decolonial theology B colonial difference B Decoloniality B Political Theology B North Atlantic world B Freedom |
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| Summary: | This essay develops a response to the historical situation of the North Atlantic world in general and the United States in particular through theological reflection. It offers an overview of some decolonial perspectives with which theologians can engage, and argues for a general perspective for a decolonial theology as a possible response to modern/colonial structures and relations of power, particularly in the United States. Decolonial theory holds together a set of critical perspectives that seek the end of the modern/colonial world-system and not merely a democratization of its benefits. A decolonial theology, it is argued, critiques how the confinement of knowledge to European traditions has closed possibilities for understanding historical encounters with divinity, and thus possibilities of critical reflection. A decolonial theology reflects critically on a historical situation in light of faith in a divine reality, the understanding of which is liberated from the monopoly of modern/colonial ways of knowing, in order to catalyze social transformation. |
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| ISSN: | 2468-3493 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Brill research perspectives in theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/24683493-12340007 |