Notes for a Decolonial Political Theology

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Notes for a Decolonial Political Theology

Social groups: religious groups and communities Politics and government Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Social and political philosophy Philosophy of religion Religion and politics Christianity Old Testaments Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Author: Silvana Rabinovich

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Collection: Transforming Political Theologies

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 29th December 2023

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9781003836186


At the crossroads of ethics, poetics and politics, this innovative book outlines a series of notes to decolonize political theology. The author proposes counter-hegemonic forms of reading, which deconstruct domination by embracing fragility. The book opens with a diapason of prejudices that hinder critical attention to a colonial political theology that perpetuates hatred. The first set of notes aims to de-orientalize the Semite by reading midrashic and biblical texts in the present context, the second seeks to decolonize language by exploring the power of translation, and the third ponders decolonial theo-logics to outline a justice of the other. Connecting a number of fields, authors, and epistemologies, the book addresses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and brings together Jewish thought, continental philosophy, and Latin American perspectives. It engages with a range of thinkers, including Benjamin and Arendt, and features an interview with Enrique Dussel as well as a foreword by Gil Anidjar. This is an important methodological proposal for interdisciplinary and intercultural political theology and a valuable contribution towards rethinking the paradigm of political theology beyond its Eurocentric and colonialist premises.

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