A Visit to "The Clearing" and "Warrior Falls": In Search of Brave and Beyond Spaces for Religious Education

This article seeks to address the question: "How can religious educators learn from those who have been marginalized and whose voices are not usually heard because of the hegemony of whiteness?" My primary sources are scenes from the work of two U.S. black creatives. Specifically, I examin...

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Published in:Religious education
Main Author: Mosby, Karen E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2019]
In: Religious education
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Morrison, Toni 1931-2019, Beloved / Black Panther (Film) (2018) / Religious pedagogy / USA / Weißsein / Normativity / Alternative
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AH Religious education
KBQ North America
RF Christian education; catechetics
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Summary:This article seeks to address the question: "How can religious educators learn from those who have been marginalized and whose voices are not usually heard because of the hegemony of whiteness?" My primary sources are scenes from the work of two U.S. black creatives. Specifically, I examine the "Clearing" scene in Toni Morrison's 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction novel Beloved and the "Warrior Falls" scenes in Black Panther, a 2018 film co-written and directed by Ryan Coogler. I draw attention to their common themes and their implications for approaches to religious education that can de-center white normativity.
ISSN:1547-3201
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2019.1603942