Liberation Theologies in the United States: An Introduction by Floyd-Thomas, Stacey M.

Liberation Theologies in the United States: An Introduction (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780814727645)

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Liberation Theologies in the United States: An Introduction by Floyd-Thomas, Stacey M.

Liberation Theologies in the United States: An Introduction

$89.00
Liberation Theologies in the United States: An Introduction by Floyd-Thomas, Stacey M.

Liberation Theologies in the United States: An Introduction

$89.00
Format: Hardcover
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Demonstrates the critical use of religion to challenge oppression in the U.S.

In the nascent United States, religion often functioned as a justifier of oppression. Yet while religious discourse buttressed such oppressive activities as slavery and the destruction of native populations, oppressed communities have also made use of religion to critique and challenge this abuse. As Liberation Theologies in the United States demonstrates, this critical use of religion has often taken the form of liberation theologies, which use primarily Christian principles to address questions of social justice, including racism, poverty, and other types of oppression.

Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas and Anthony B. Pinn have brought together a stellar group of liberation theology scholars to provide a synthetic introduction to the historical development, context, theory, and goals of a range of U.S.-born liberation theologies. Chapters cover Black Theology, Womanist Theology, Latino/Hispanic Theology, Latina Theology, Asian American Theology, Asian American Feminist Theology, Native American Theology, Native Feminist Theology, Gay and Lesbian Theology, and Feminist Theology.

Contributors: Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Robert Shore-Goss, Andrea Smith, Andrew Sung Park, George (Tink) Tinker, and Benjamin Valentin.

Author: Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas
ISBN-10: 0814727646
ISBN-13: 9780814727645
Publisher: New York University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/08/2010
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2010
By Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas
By Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas
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Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas (Editor)
Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas is the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair and Associate Professor of Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University. She is a nationally recognized scholar and leading voice in Christian social ethics and womanist thought who provides leadership to several national and international organizations that include Black Religious Scholars Group (BRSG), Society for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Religion (SRER), Strategic Effective Ethical Solutions (SEES), Society of Christian Ethics (SCE) and the American Academy of Religion (AAR). She has published eight books and numerous articles that focus on liberation theology and ethics, critical race theory, critical pedagogy, and postcolonial studies including Deeper Shades of Purple: Womanism in Religion and Society, Black Church Studies: An Introduction, The Altars Where We Worship: The Religious Significance of American Popular Culture, and the forthcoming When the Good Life Goes Bad: The U.S. and Its Seven Deadly Sins.

Anthony B. Pinn (Editor)
Anthony B. Pinn is Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University, where he also serves as the executive director of the Society for the Study of Black Religion. His books include Varieties of African-American Religious Experience, Why Lord?: Suffering and Evil in Black Theology, and By These Hands: A Documentary History of African-American Humanism (NYU Press, 2001).

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