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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784805103321

Titolo

Converging on culture [[electronic resource] ] : theologians in dialogue with cultural analysis and criticism / / edited by Delwin Brown, Sheila Greeve Davaney, & Kathryn Tanner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-19-773872-9

1-280-53166-5

0-19-534382-4

1-4237-6332-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

The American Academy of Religion reflection and theory in the study of religion series

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownDelwin <1935->

DavaneySheila Greeve

TannerKathryn <1957->

Disciplina

261

Soggetti

Christianity and culture

Theology - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; 1. Theology and the Turn to Cultural Analysis; 2. Loosening the Category That Binds: Modern ""Religion"" and the Promise of Cultural Studies; 3. Refashioning Self and Other: Theology, Academy, and the New Ethnography; 4. Theology and the Poetics of Testimony; 5. Secularization and the Worldliness of Theology; 6. Self (Co-)Constitution: Slave Theology from Everyday Cultural Elements; 7. In the Raw: African American Cultural Memory and Theological Reflection; 8. Creating a Liberating Culture: Latinas' Subversive Narratives

9. ""We Don't See Color Here"": A Case Study in Ecclesial-Cultural Invention10. Cultural Labor and Theological Critique; 11. Votán-Zapata: Theological Discourse in Zapatista Political Struggle; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Theologians are increasingly looking to cultural criticism, rather than philosophy, as a dialogue partner for cross-disciplinary studies. This



book explores the importance of this shift, analyzing different contemporary theories of cultural movements.