Whiteness in Catholic Theological Method
This article argues that an attitude of whiteness characterizes conventional methodological approaches in the fields of theology and religion. Using examples drawn from the discipline of Christian theology, I contend that scholars have a responsibility to address white supremacy; I describe whitenes...
| Published in: | Journal of the American Academy of Religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2019]
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholicism
/ Weißsein
/ Theological anthropology
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion CH Christianity and Society KDB Roman Catholic Church |
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| Summary: | This article argues that an attitude of whiteness characterizes conventional methodological approaches in the fields of theology and religion. Using examples drawn from the discipline of Christian theology, I contend that scholars have a responsibility to address white supremacy; I describe whiteness as an attitude and expose it in theological method by deploying the concept of racist thinking to analyze Terrence W. Tilley’s argument in The Disciples’ Jesus; and I compare M. Shawn Copeland’s Enfleshing Freedom as a work that exhibits antiracist thinking. Positing that the problem of whiteness pervades the disciplines of theology and religious studies generally, I conclude that, to construct adequate and relevant arguments, we must critically engage whiteness. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4585 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Academy of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfz023 |