Confronting Racist Habits: Practical Theological Implications of William James's View of Habit Change

This article conceptualizes racism and privilege as habitual orientations located at the bodily level, not merely at the level of intention and consciousness. Engaging contemporary critical race thinkers, the analysis explores how William James's psychological-pragmatic perspective on habit ope...

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Main Author: Menhinick, Keith A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. [2019]
In: Pastoral psychology
Year: 2019, Volume: 68, Issue: 6, Pages: 667-680
RelBib Classification:NBE Anthropology
TJ Modern history
TK Recent history
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Practical Theology
B William James
B Racism
B Habits
B Whiteness
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