The Recursive Violence of Anthropological Exceptionalism: Toward the Ecological Transformation of Dignity
Prevalent theological concepts of human dignity purport to safeguard human lives equally, but in fact, because they ground human inviolability in assumptions of the violation and violability of animal lives, they expose and endanger those human beings whose differences – whether racialized, gendered...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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Journal of religion & society. Supplement
Year: 2020, Volume: 21, Pages: 203-225 |
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| Summary: | Prevalent theological concepts of human dignity purport to safeguard human lives equally, but in fact, because they ground human inviolability in assumptions of the violation and violability of animal lives, they expose and endanger those human beings whose differences – whether racialized, gendered, embodied, or in relation to colonial power – have been historically constructed through animality. As an alternative, this essay works out an account of dignity as the creaturely respiration of God’s Spirit, manifest in cultivated solidarities of creaturely life and expressed especially through shame and gentleness. |
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| ISSN: | 1941-8450 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion & society. Supplement
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