Flesh-Stuff: The Matter of the Reality of God(s) - Cosas Carnales: La Materia de la Realidad de Dios(es)
[The historical debates between black liberation theologian James H. Cone and historian of religion Charles H. Long are legendary. They are often interpreted as differences in scholarly and methodological orientations in the study of black religion, with Cone representing the "standard narrativ...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Indiana University Press
2021
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American religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 25-38 |
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| Summary: | [The historical debates between black liberation theologian James H. Cone and historian of religion Charles H. Long are legendary. They are often interpreted as differences in scholarly and methodological orientations in the study of black religion, with Cone representing the "standard narrative" and Long, the African Diaspora "historical perspective." This essay argues that the debates were really about how each scholar construed the "reality of God" in black religious experience, suffering, and oppression. Cone theologically interprets the reality of God through the lenses of slave religion, spirituals and blues, and the Black Church Tradition, which constitutes the contour of "the Standard Narrative of Black Religion." Long rejects this theological trajectory in the study of black religion. Instead, he foregrounds the reality of God/gods in the material bodies, the flesh-stuff, of the oppressed. The reality of God/gods performatively comes forth through black bodily receptions expressed in irreducible manifestations and powers of presentation. Long, therefore, materially locates the reality of God in "matter" beyond its theologically discursive scripting in the standard narrative of black religion. Los debates históricos entre el teólogo de la liberación negra James H. Cone y el historiador de la religión Charles H. Long son legendarios. A menudo se interpretan como diferencias en las orientaciones académicas y metodológicas en el estudio de la religión negra, Cone por un lado representando la "narrativa estándar" y Long, la "perspectiva histórica" de la Diáspora Africana por otro. Este ensayo postula que los debates eran más bien sobre cómo cada erudito interpretó la "realidad de Dios" en la experiencia religiosa, el sufrimiento, y la opresión de los negros. Cone teológicamente interpreta la realidad de Dios bajo el prisma de la religión del esclavo, música espiritual y blues, y la Tradición de la Iglesia Negra, lo cual constituye el contorno de "el Estándar Narrativo de la Religión Negra." Long rechaza esta trayectoria teológica en el estudio de la religión negra. En cambio, pone en primer plano la realidad de Dios (o de dioses) en los cuerpos materiales, lo carnal, de los oprimidos. La realidad de Dios (o de dioses) surge de manera performativa a través recepciones corporales negras expresadas en manifestaciones y poderes de presentación irreducibles.] |
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| ISSN: | 2643-9247 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2979/amerreli.2.2.03 |