Beyond the Pale: Reading Theology from the Margins

Beyond the Pale: Reading Theology from the MarginsHow should Origen, Anselm, Luther, Wesley, Kierkegaard, Barth, and Whitehead be read today, in light of postcolonial theory and twenty first century understandings? This book offers a reader friendly introduction to liberation theology by having scholars "from the margins" explore how questions of race and gender should be brought to bear on thirty classic theologians. Each short chapter gives historical background for the thinker, describes that

How should Origen, Anselm, Luther, Wesley, Kierkegaard, Barth, and Whitehead be read today, in light of postcolonial theory and twenty-first-century understandings? This book offers a reader-friendly introduction to liberation theology by having scholars "from the margins" explore how questions of race and gender should be brought to bear on thirty classic theologians. Each short chapter gives historical background for the thinker, describes that thinker's most important contributions, then raises issues of concern for women and persons of color.

Contributors include Rita Nakashima Brock, Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan, Harold J. Recinos, M. Shawn Copeland, Kwok Pui-Lan, Joerg Rieger, and many others.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 10/27/2011
ISBN: 9780664236793
Pages: 294
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d

Review Citations: Choice 08/01/2012