LEADER 04420nam 22005775 450 001 9910568272303321 005 20220510191821.0 010 $a9783030993436$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783030993429 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-99343-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6986478 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6986478 035 $a(CKB)22371878800041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-99343-6 035 $a(EXLCZ)9922371878800041 100 $a20220510d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aToward a Counternarrative Theology of Race and Whiteness $eStudies in Philosophy of Race, Science Fiction Cinema, and Superhero Stories /$fby Christopher M. Baker 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (202 pages) 225 1 $aRadical Theologies and Philosophies,$x2634-6648 311 08$aPrint version: Baker, Christopher M. Toward a Counternarrative Theology of Race and Whiteness Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030993429 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Constructive Theology and Philosophy of Race, Part I -- 3. Constructive Theology and Philosophy of Race, Part II -- 4. Race, Whiteness, and Science Fiction Cinema -- 5. Race, Whiteness, and Superhero Stories -- 6. Conclusion. . 330 $a"Our time shows the ways white supremacy continues to hold fast to its growing weapons of destruction, including in the theological realm. Unless the theological work does the work of breaking whiteness as a project of death, we will continue to see theology as a neutral project at worst, and a mild process of transformation at best. In this book, Christopher M. Baker invites us to go deeper than that, tackling the almost innate relation of whiteness and race and breaking it down." -Cláudio Carvalhaes, Associate Professor of Worship, Union Theological Seminary, USA "This interdisciplinary study of theology, race, cinema, and superheroes is a timely intervention that richly interprets the cultural formations of race while advancing social justice efforts. Baker exemplifies compelling, critical scholarship that is ethically aligned." -Sylvester A. Johnson, Founding Director, Virginia Tech Center for the Humanities, USA "This book gives language for the greatest challenge of our time, breaking the bondage of Christian theology and practice to white supremacy. By tracing the discrete pathways by which this bondage transmits itself surreptitiously through enactments of continental philosophy, it offers a significant opportunity." -Stephen G. Ray Jr., Chicago Theological Seminary President 2018 - 2021, USA This book argues that "race" and "whiteness" are central to the construction of the modern world. Constructive Theology needs to take them seriously as primary theological problems. In doing so, Constructive Theology must fundamentally change its approach, and draw from the emerging field of Philosophy of Race. Christopher M. Baker develops a genealogy of race that understands "whiteness" as a kind secular soteriology, and develops a counternarrative theological method informed by resources from Philosophy of Race. He then deploys that method to read science fiction cinema and superhero stories as cultural, racial, and theological documents that can be critically engaged and redeployed as counternarratives to dominant racial narratives. Christopher M. Baker holds a PhD in Theology from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USA and teaches Philosophy and Religious Studies at College of DuPage, USA. 410 0$aRadical Theologies and Philosophies,$x2634-6648 606 $aReligion 606 $aCritical theory 606 $aRace 606 $aReligion 606 $aCritical Theory 606 $aRace and Ethnicity Studies 615 0$aReligion. 615 0$aCritical theory. 615 0$aRace. 615 14$aReligion. 615 24$aCritical Theory. 615 24$aRace and Ethnicity Studies. 676 $a230.01 676 $a270.089 700 $aBaker$b Christopher M.$041339 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910568272303321 996 $aToward a Counternarrative Theology of Race and Whiteness$92850812 997 $aUNINA