A Postcolonial Political Theology of Care and Praxis in Ethiopia's Era of Identity Politics

A Postcolonial Political Theology of Care and Praxis in Ethiopia's Era of Identity Politics PDF Author: Rode Molla
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1666922897
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 221

Book Description
The author argues that identity politics eliminates Ethiopians' in-between spaces and identities and defines in-between spaces as political, social, religious, and geographical spaces that enable Ethiopians to co-exist with equity, solidarity, and justice. The elimination of in-between spaces and in-between identities creates either-or class, religious, ethnic, and gender categories. Therefore, the author proposes an in-between theology that invites Ethiopians to a new hybrid way of being to resist fragmented and hegemonic identities. The author claims that postcolonial discourse and praxis of in-between pastoral care disrupts and interrogates hegemonic definitions of culture, home, subjectivity, and identity. On the other hand, in-between pastoral care uses embodiment, belonging, subjectivity, and hybridity as features of care and praxis to create intercultural and intersubjective identities that can co-construct and co-create in-between spaces. In the in-between spaces, Ethiopians can relate with the Other with intercultural competencies to live their difference, similarity, hybridity, and complexity.

The Speed Method, Awareness in Four Steps

The Speed Method, Awareness in Four Steps PDF Author: Barbara Marchica
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1666900389
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
The author presents a theoretical-practical training manual with effective tools for everyone, especially counselors to improve their spiritual growth. The Speed Method, integrating Lonergan’s theory with the practice of counseling, becomes a concrete opportunity in view of a new spiritual springtime for the Church and human care.

A Womanist Holistic Soteriology

A Womanist Holistic Soteriology PDF Author: Lahronda Welch Little
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1666925896
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
A Womanist Holistic Soteriology: Stitching Fabrics with Fine Threads is a construction of womanist holistic soteriology that is inclusive of many voices and perspectives and promotes communal responsibility. A soteriology that considers notions of personhood, theology, spirituality, and praxeology is holistic, inclusive, and grace-filled. This soteriological study begins with a historical overview of the development of notions of salvation beginning in ancient Egyptian thought and the concept of Ma'at--balance, wholeness, and moral ethics. Lahronda Welch Little conducts an exploration of the word "salvation" in different West African languages and reveals more expansive narratives around salvation that do not subjugate human beings, but rather encourage agency and celebrate the beingness of God's creation. Grounded in womanist and Black feminist discourse and methodology, this rendition of womanist holistic soteriology holds notions of grace, agency, and spirituality by stitching together interviews with theologians, scholars, and practitioners, utilizing the philosophical concepts of binary complementarity and holism, and sharing what womanist holistic soteriology as praxis looks like in a communal setting.

The Politics of Metanoia

The Politics of Metanoia PDF Author: Theodros Assefa Teklu
Publisher: Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes
ISBN: 9783631658505
Category : Philosophical theology
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ethno-national identity is an outcome of ideological interpellation, self-writing and narratives. Politics as the enactment of identity has led Ethiopian politics to a dead-end. A theological turn can open the ontological possibility of a new political subject and a reinvention of politics that transcends the impasse.

The Cambridge Companion to Christian Political Theology

The Cambridge Companion to Christian Political Theology PDF Author: Craig Hovey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316472930
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 499

Book Description
Interest in political theology has surged in recent years, and this accessible volume provides a focused overview of the field. Many are asking serious questions about religious faith in secular societies, the origin and function of democratic polities, worldwide economic challenges, the shift of Christianity's center of gravity to the global south, and anxieties related to bold and even violent assertions of theologically determined political ideas. In fourteen original essays, authors examine Christian political theology in order to clarify the contemporary discourse and some of its most important themes and issues. These include up-to-date, critical engagements with historical figures like Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Immanuel Kant; discussions of how the Bible functions theopolitically; and introductions to key movements such as liberation theology, Catholic social teaching, and radical orthodoxy. An invaluable resource for students and scholars in theology, the Companion will also be beneficial to those in history, philosophy, and politics.

Histories, Myths and Decolonial Interventions

Histories, Myths and Decolonial Interventions PDF Author: Arti Nirmal
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000592383
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 167

Book Description
This book explores postcolonial myths and histories within colonially structured narratives which persist and are carried in culture, language, and history in various parts of the world. It analyzes constructions of identities, stereotypes, and mythical fantasies in postcolonial society. Exploring a wide range of themes including the appropriation and use of language, myths of decolonialization, and nationalism, and the colonial influence on systems of academic knowledge, the book focuses on how these myths reinforce, subvert, and appropriate colonial binaries for the articulation of the postcolonial self. With essays which study narratives of emigrants in Argentina, the colonial mythology in the Dodecanese in Italy, and the mythico-narratives of island insularity in contemporary Sri Lanka among others, this volume emphasizes the role of indigenous studies in building a postcolonial consciousness. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of post-colonial studies, cultural studies, literature, history, political science, and sociology.

Sociological Abstracts

Sociological Abstracts PDF Author: Leo P. Chall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sociology
Languages : en
Pages : 784

Book Description
CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.

American Book Publishing Record

American Book Publishing Record PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 964

Book Description


Understanding Religion and Social Change in Ethiopia

Understanding Religion and Social Change in Ethiopia PDF Author: M. Girma
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137269421
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
Religiosity is one aspect without which Ethiopian society cannot be fully understood. This book aims to map out the terrain of the discourse in religion-social change nexus in Ethiopian using the notion of covenant as an interpretive tool.

Inventing the Future

Inventing the Future PDF Author: Nick Srnicek
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1784780987
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
A major new manifesto for the end of capitalism Neoliberalism isn’t working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no respite. Inventing the Future is a bold new manifesto for life after capitalism. Against the confused understanding of our high-tech world by both the right and the left, this book claims that the emancipatory and future-oriented possibilities of our society can be reclaimed. Instead of running from a complex future, Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams demand a postcapitalist economy capable of advancing standards, liberating humanity from work and developing technologies that expand our freedoms. This new edition includes a new chapter where they respond to their various critics.