{"product_id":"profaning-paul-cavan-w-concannon-9780226815633","title":"Profaning Paul","description":"\u003cb\u003eA critical reconsideration of the repeated use of the biblical letters of Paul.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The letters of Paul have been used to support and condone a host of evils over the span of more than two millennia: racism, slavery, imperialism, misogyny, and anti-Semitism, to name a few. Despite, or in some cases because of, this history, readers of Paul have felt compelled to reappropriate his letters to fit liberal or radical politics, seeking to set right the evils done in Paul's name. Starting with the language of excrement, refuse, and waste in Paul's letters, \u003ci\u003eProfaning Paul \u003c\/i\u003elooks at how Paul's \"shit\" is recycled and reconfigured. It asks why readers, from liberal Christians to academic biblical scholars to political theorists and philosophers, feel compelled to make Paul into a hero, mining his words for wisdom. Following the lead of feminist, queer, and minoritized scholarship, \u003ci\u003eProfaning Paul \u003c\/i\u003easks what would happen if we stopped recycling Paul's writings. By profaning the status of his letters as sacred texts, we might open up new avenues for imagining political figurations to meet our current and coming political, economic, and ecological challenges. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cavan W. Concannon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226815633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226815633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2022","brand":"Cavan W. Concannon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44127529730303,"sku":"9780226815633","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c48fff96-95f9-4da9-8aae-85d26df57796.jpg?v=1687453848","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/profaning-paul-cavan-w-concannon-9780226815633","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}