To Resist the Gravity of Whiteness: Communicating Racialized Suffering and Creating Paschal Community through an Analogia Vulneris

This article investigates the possibility of communicating racialized suffering in meaningful and transformative ways among the triracial hierarchy now present in the U.S. The author argues that a theological tool, an analogia vulneris (analogy of the wound), may assist us to resist the gravity of t...

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Auteur principal: Considine, Kevin P. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2017]
Dans: Black theology
Année: 2017, Volume: 15, Numéro: 2, Pages: 136-155
RelBib Classification:FD Théologie contextuelle
KBQ Amérique du Nord
KDB Église catholique romaine
NBE Anthropologie
ZB Sociologie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Analogical speech
B Black suffering
B race-relations and the church
B Catholic Theology
B woundedness and racism
B Whiteness
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Verlag)
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Résumé:This article investigates the possibility of communicating racialized suffering in meaningful and transformative ways among the triracial hierarchy now present in the U.S. The author argues that a theological tool, an analogia vulneris (analogy of the wound), may assist us to resist the gravity of the abyss of Whiteness into which we are drawn. The author suggests that the Catholic principle of analogical speech about God may be reoriented to enable individuals and groups to communicate and to create community through their wounds. The author engages with sociology and the history of racial formation in the U.S. to describe how Whiteness functions as an idolatrous space to be resisted. The author concludes that an analogia vulneris may enable “Whites” and “Honorary Whites”, in particular, to foster a historical-critical religious racialized consciousness and to create paschal communities of resistance to Whiteness that are glimpses of Christ's wounded, resurrected Body.
ISSN:1743-1670
Contient:Enthalten in: Black theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14769948.2017.1326738