{"product_id":"words-made-flesh-justine-bakker-9781531510244","title":"Words Made Flesh: Sylvia Wynter and Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first sustained treatment of religion and religions in the scholarship of a prominent Caribbean thinker\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSylvia Wynter is a profoundly transdisciplinary scholar whose works span an impressive array of theory, literature, science, anthropology, philosophy, and religious studies as well as different forms, including essays, plays, a novel, and a 935-page unpublished manuscript entitled \"Black Metamor-phosis: New Natives in a New World.\" Whatever the medium, Wynter frequently engages religion as a relevant category of analysis, from reflections on Christianity, Islam, and Rastafarianism to the category and role of religion as a universal aspect of human social production. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWynter's writings have received enthusiastic attention by scholars in Black studies, Caribbean theory, critical race theory, literature, and philosophy. But until recently little scholarly writing exists that directly engages the topic of religion in her corpus. \u003ci\u003eWords Made Flesh \u003c\/i\u003eseeks to fill this gap by focusing exclusively on religion, religions, and religiosity in her work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together scholars that provide a wide variety of theoretical perspectives on religion, political theology, social theory, and science studies, this book offers an in-depth engagement with one of the most innovative and important thinkers of the last forty years and illustrates how Wynter's writing has significant implications for the study of religion and religion's relationship to colonialism, race, humanism, science, and political theology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Justine Bakker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1531510248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531510244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Justine Bakker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46739166822655,"sku":"9781531510244","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cec6aefb-ee15-48ac-937d-2968c9867a9c.jpg?v=1743277413","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/words-made-flesh-justine-bakker-9781531510244","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}