James Baldwin's Decolonial Love as Religious Orientation
In this article, I use the concept of decolonial love to synthesize the religious and theological dimensions of James Baldwin's work. I argue that Baldwin's decolonial love functions as an ultimate orientation within his work, and that decolonial love is an orientation and a praxis that is...
Published in: | Journal of Africana religions |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2015]
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Journal of Africana religions
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Baldwin, James 1924-1987
/ Interpretation of
/ Anti-racism
/ Church
/ Redemption
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RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CH Christianity and Society FD Contextual theology KBQ North America NBK Soteriology NCC Social ethics |
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Summary: | In this article, I use the concept of decolonial love to synthesize the religious and theological dimensions of James Baldwin's work. I argue that Baldwin's decolonial love functions as an ultimate orientation within his work, and that decolonial love is an orientation and a praxis that is a form of revelation. The revelatory capacity of decolonial love, which particularly comes out of the lived experiences on the underside of Western modernity, catalyzes what Baldwin refers to as salvation. I show this, first, by engaging Baldwin's decolonial love as a response to the way coloniality manifests itself in the United States and, second, by engaging Baldwin's response to colonialitythat is, decolonial loveas a religious response. |
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ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/jafrireli.3.3.0251 |