World Christianity as a Critique of Whiteness in Theological Education
There is a need to confront Christianity’s history of colonialism, conquest, empire, racism, and domination as a means of challenging the theological truth claims, curricula, and pedagogies that have enabled the West to construct a world where whiteness dominates. As whiteness is power, it enables E...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2022
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The ecumenical review
Year: 2022, Volume: 74, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-57 |
| RelBib Classification: | FB Theological education KDJ Ecumenism NCC Social ethics VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy ZF Education |
| Further subjects: | B
Theological Education
B World Christianity B Pedagogy B epistemic racism B Whiteness |
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| Summary: | There is a need to confront Christianity’s history of colonialism, conquest, empire, racism, and domination as a means of challenging the theological truth claims, curricula, and pedagogies that have enabled the West to construct a world where whiteness dominates. As whiteness is power, it enables Eurocentric and patriarchal theological epistemologies to dominate theological curricula and dehumanizes those who challenge the white norm. This paper suggests that World Christianity offers a potential emancipatory framework to deconstruct whiteness, arguing that teaching World Christianity(s) as a means of transformative pedagogy enables students to reinterpret the impact of whiteness in different places and periods of history, including the present day. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/erev.12673 |