James Baldwin's Decolonial Love as Religious Orientation
In this article, I use the concept of decolonial love to synthesize the religious and theological dimensions of James Baldwin's work. I argue that Baldwin's decolonial love functions as an ultimate orientation within his work, and that decolonial love is an orientation and a praxis that is...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2015]
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Journal of Africana religions
Année: 2015, Volume: 3, Numéro: 3, Pages: 251-278 |
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
USA
/ Baldwin, James 1924-1987
/ Interprétation
/ Antiracisme
/ Église
/ Rédemption
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RelBib Classification: | CD Christianisme et culture CH Christianisme et société FD Théologie contextuelle KBQ Amérique du Nord NBK Sotériologie NCC Éthique sociale |
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Résumé: | In this article, I use the concept of decolonial love to synthesize the religious and theological dimensions of James Baldwin's work. I argue that Baldwin's decolonial love functions as an ultimate orientation within his work, and that decolonial love is an orientation and a praxis that is a form of revelation. The revelatory capacity of decolonial love, which particularly comes out of the lived experiences on the underside of Western modernity, catalyzes what Baldwin refers to as salvation. I show this, first, by engaging Baldwin's decolonial love as a response to the way coloniality manifests itself in the United States and, second, by engaging Baldwin's response to colonialitythat is, decolonial loveas a religious response. |
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ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/jafrireli.3.3.0251 |