Christianity, Otherization, and Contemporary Politics
A Postcolonial Reading
Seiten
2019
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-9787-0720-7 (ISBN)
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-9787-0720-7 (ISBN)
In Christianity, Otherization and Contemporary Politics, Roberto E. Alejandro argues that the identity politics of the American far-left follow an identity paradigm established by early Christian thinkers, and warns that such politics may incline towards the same violence Christianity succumbed to once imbued with political power.
In Christianity, Otherization, and Contemporary Politics, Roberto E. Alejandro argues that the identity politics of the American far-left follow an identity paradigm nurtured in our intellectual history by early Christian thinkers such as Clement of Alexandra, Origen of Alexandria, and Eusebius of Caesarea, who all claimed that a form of “wokeness” gave them special access to truth and thereby an exclusive right to speak it. At one time this argument was a strike at power, but once mixed with power, it became a moral justification for violence against non-Christians. Alejandro warns those engaged in political practice to beware the way our intellectual history, steeped in theological propositions, can operate silently to steer us towards reinforcing problems we intended to resist.
In Christianity, Otherization, and Contemporary Politics, Roberto E. Alejandro argues that the identity politics of the American far-left follow an identity paradigm nurtured in our intellectual history by early Christian thinkers such as Clement of Alexandra, Origen of Alexandria, and Eusebius of Caesarea, who all claimed that a form of “wokeness” gave them special access to truth and thereby an exclusive right to speak it. At one time this argument was a strike at power, but once mixed with power, it became a moral justification for violence against non-Christians. Alejandro warns those engaged in political practice to beware the way our intellectual history, steeped in theological propositions, can operate silently to steer us towards reinforcing problems we intended to resist.
Roberto E. Alejandro practices civil rights law and earned a PhD in religion and theology at Durham University.
Chapter 1 Revolution and the Death of Postcolonial Theory
Chapter 2 Metaphysical Anthropology, “Natural Science,” and Otherization:
Chapter 3 Morality and Otherization
Chapter 4 Epistemology and Otherization
Chapter 5 Some Concluding Thoughts
Erscheinungsdatum | 21.11.2019 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 159 x 231 mm |
Gewicht | 331 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie | |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 1-9787-0720-7 / 1978707207 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-9787-0720-7 / 9781978707207 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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