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...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American Academy of Religion
1. VerfasserIn: Teel, Karen 1976- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Oxford University Press [2019]
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Jahr: 2019, Band: 87, Heft: 2, Seiten: 401-433
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Katholizismus / Weißsein / Theologische Anthropologie
RelBib Classification:AE Religionspsychologie
CH Christentum und Gesellschaft
KDB Katholische Kirche
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1477-4585
Enthält:Enthalten in: American Academy of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfz023