Black Transhuman Liberation Theology

Author : Philip Butler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781350081956

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Black Transhuman Liberation Theology by Philip Butler Pdf

Mediating Black religious studies, spirituality studies, and liberation theology, Philip Butler explores what might happen if Black people in the United States merged technology and spirituality in their fight towards materializing liberating realities. The discussions shaping what it means for humans to exist with technology and as part of technology are already underway: transhumanism suggests that any use of technology to augment intellectual, psychological, or physical capability makes one transhuman. In an attempt to encourage Black people in the United States to become technological progenitors as a spiritual act, Butler asks whether anyone has ever been 'just' human? Butler then explores the implications of this question and its link to viewing the body as technology. Re-imagining incarnation as a relationship between vitality, biochemistry, and genetics, the book also takes a critical scientific approach to understanding the biological embodiment of Black spiritual practices. It shows how current and emerging technologies might align with the generative biological states of Black spiritualities in order to concretely disrupt and dismantle oppressive societal structures.

Author : Philip Butler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781350081949

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Black Transhuman Liberation Theology by Philip Butler Pdf

Mediating Black religious studies, spirituality studies, and liberation theology, Philip Butler explores what might happen if Black people in the United States merged technology and spirituality in their fight towards materializing liberating realities. The discussions shaping what it means for humans to exist with technology and as part of technology are already underway: transhumanism suggests that any use of technology to augment intellectual, psychological, or physical capability makes one transhuman. In an attempt to encourage Black people in the United States to become technological progenitors as a spiritual act, Butler asks whether anyone has ever been 'just' human? Butler then explores the implications of this question and its link to viewing the body as technology. Re-imagining incarnation as a relationship between vitality, biochemistry, and genetics, the book also takes a critical scientific approach to understanding the biological embodiment of Black spiritual practices. It shows how current and emerging technologies might align with the generative biological states of Black spiritualities in order to concretely disrupt and dismantle oppressive societal structures.

Author : Cone, James H.
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608338498

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A Black Theology of Liberation by Cone, James H. Pdf

"The classic text in black theology, with a new foreword by Peter J. Paris and a new afterword by Kelly Brown Douglas"--

Author : Hopkins, Dwight N.
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608334575

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Introducing Black Theology of Liberation by Hopkins, Dwight N. Pdf

A book that reviews the principles of modern Black Theology, its roots and contributions to the Christian world. It also discusses what challenges Black theologians face in their minister and their religious communities.

Author : Michael R. Candelaria
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826358806

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The Latino Christ in Art, Literature, and Liberation Theology by Michael R. Candelaria Pdf

This exploration of Iberian, Latin American, and US-Hispanic representations of Christ focuses on outliers in art, literature, and theology: Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco, Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, Spanish existentialist Miguel de Unamuno, Brazilian theologian Leonardo Boff, and Mexican philosopher José Vasconcelos, some of the most brilliant stars in the Spanish and Latin American firmament. Their work, and that of others, stands out from the conventional and the traditional, stretching our imagination by opening our eyes to what we do not want to see. The author also reflects on such significant lesser-known writers as New Mexican author, painter, and priest Fray Angélico Chávez; Argentine writer and political leader Ricardo Rojas, author of The Invisible Christ; Mexican American theologian Virgilio Elizondo; and Chicana feminist Gloria Anzaldúa, author of Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. He shows how artists project their concerns onto representations of Christ and how the perceptions of the reader and viewer reflect their culture and their psychology. Along the way, Candelaria explores the philosophical issues of representation in aesthetics and the problems of hermeneutics and identity.

Author : James H. Cone
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781570751578

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Black Theology and Black Power by James H. Cone Pdf

First published in 1969, "Black Theology & Black Power" provided the first systematic presentation of black theology. Relating the militant struggle for liberation with the gospel message of salvation, James Cone laid the foundation for an original interpretation of Christianity that retains its urgency and challenge today.

Author : Philip Butler
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811578809

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Critical Black Futures by Philip Butler Pdf

Critical Black Futures imagines worlds, afrofutures, cities, bodies, art and eras that are simultaneously distant, parallel, present, counter, and perpetually materializing. From an exploration of W. E. B. Du Bois’ own afrofuturistic short stories, to trans* super fluid blackness, this volume challenges readers—community leaders, academics, communities, and creatives—to push further into surreal imaginations. Beyond what some might question as the absurd, this book is presented as a speculative space that looks deeply into the foundations of human belief. Diving deep into this notional rabbit hole, each contributor offers a thorough excursion into the imagination to discover ‘what was’, while also providing tools to push further into the ‘not yet’.

Author : Dirk Evers,Michael Fuller,Antje Jackelen,Taede Smedes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567319128

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Is Religion Natural? by Dirk Evers,Michael Fuller,Antje Jackelen,Taede Smedes Pdf

How natural is religion? Is it a phenomenon written in our genes or brains, naturally developing with the development of the human race? The book considers the findings of evolutionary psychology from scientific, philosophical and theological perspectives and critically examines the relation between empirical, epistemological and theological notions. Chapters in the book deal with the naturalness of religion and religious experiences as based on genetics, biology and social psychology. Other authors examine the relationship between religion, science and theology with regard to the naturalness of religion from a more general perspective. The last part of the book includes views from a Muslim scholar and a historian.

Author : George C. L. Cummings
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608992058

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A Common Journey by George C. L. Cummings Pdf

A Common Journey provides the first comprehensive critical comparison of two of theology's most influential movements: Black theology in the United States (BTUSA) and Latin American liberation theology (LALT). The near-simultaneous emergence and growth of these two movements is only the most obvious of the similarities between them. More importantly, both have fostered a new theology from the perspective of the disenfranchised, the powerless, and the oppressed.

Author : Maggi Savin-Baden,John Reader
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031094057

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Postdigital Theologies by Maggi Savin-Baden,John Reader Pdf

This book is about the relationships between technologies and the content of religious belief and practice. A number of models are now starting to emerge, but each of these depends on the theological or philosophical framework within which the debate is set. At at the same time, there are dilemmas operating at different ends of the spectrum. For example, at one end there is a tendency towards subsuming the digital within the divine, and at the other an instrumental stance relating to how technology is deployed. Either of these stances could be said to ignore rather than acknowledge that the human itself is being changed as a result of the interactions with the digital. The book explores the following areas: · Where is God to be found or present in the postdigital condition? · What are the implications of the postdigital condition for spirituality and indeed for the activity of God through the Holy Spirit? · How do concepts of transhumanism or posthumanism effect understandings of the incarnation? · Does the doctrine of the Trinity need revisiting in the light of the digital as medium of relationship? · Does Creation now include the postdigital? · What of the Kingdom of God now that the kingdom of the Tech giants is so powerful all-consuming?

Author : Dwight N. Hopkins
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532608223

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Black Theology—Essays on Global Perspectives by Dwight N. Hopkins Pdf

Since its start in 1966, black liberation theology in the United States has continually engaged international developments with Africa and the entire world. But after Nelson Mandela was released from prison in February 1990, there has been an almost twenty-year break in books on black theology and international affairs. Black Theology--Essays on Global Perspectives bridges that post-1990 gap and makes a vital contact with Africa again. This book conceptualizes black theology to take on the global reconfigurations and opportunities brought about by the rapidly shrinking earth of fast-paced, worldwide contacts. In other words, in the specificity of the genealogy of black theology, we need to reforge ties with Africa. This claim is based on tradition. And in the generality of the larger worldwide intertwining of technologies and economics, we need a new type of black theological leadership for the twenty-first century. This claim is based on today's international challenges. The essays in this book draw on tradition and point forward in the midst of today's worldwide challenges and favorable possibilities, given the closeness of all nations and the varieties of cultures.

Author : Stacey M Floyd-Thomas,Anthony B Pinn
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814727935

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Liberation Theologies in the United States by Stacey M Floyd-Thomas,Anthony B Pinn Pdf

Demonstrates the critical use of religion to challenge oppression in the U.S. In the nascent United States, religion often functioned as a justifier of oppression. Yet while religious discourse buttressed such oppressive activities as slavery and the destruction of native populations, oppressed communities have also made use of religion to critique and challenge this abuse. As Liberation Theologies in the United States demonstrates, this critical use of religion has often taken the form of liberation theologies, which use primarily Christian principles to address questions of social justice, including racism, poverty, and other types of oppression. Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas and Anthony B. Pinn have brought together a stellar group of liberation theology scholars to provide a synthetic introduction to the historical development, context, theory, and goals of a range of U.S.-born liberation theologies. Chapters cover Black Theology, Womanist Theology, Latino/Hispanic Theology, Latina Theology, Asian American Theology, Asian American Feminist Theology, Native American Theology, Native Feminist Theology, Gay and Lesbian Theology, and Feminist Theology. Contributors: Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Robert Shore-Goss, Andrea Smith, Andrew Sung Park, George (Tink) Tinker, and Benjamin Valentin.

Author : Ray Kurzweil,Christopher Benek,Jacob Boss,Philip Reed-Butler,Michael Caligiuri,Irene J. Dabrowski,Mark Graves,Anthony L. Haynor,Braden Molhoek,Peter Robinson,Una Stroda,Tracy J. Trothen,Alan Weissenbacher
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781622738694

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Spiritualities, ethics, and implications of human enhancement and artificial intelligence by Ray Kurzweil,Christopher Benek,Jacob Boss,Philip Reed-Butler,Michael Caligiuri,Irene J. Dabrowski,Mark Graves,Anthony L. Haynor,Braden Molhoek,Peter Robinson,Una Stroda,Tracy J. Trothen,Alan Weissenbacher Pdf

By taking a religiously and spiritually literature approach, this volume gets the heart of several emerging ethical issues crucial to both human identity and personhood beyond the human as technology advances in the areas of human enhancement and artificial intelligence (AI). Several significant questions are addressed by the contributors, such as: How far should we go in improving our biological selves? How long should we aspire to live? What are fair and just human enhancements? When will AIs become people? What does AI spirituality consist of? Can AIs do more than project humour and emotions? What are the religious undertones of these high technology quests for better AI and improved human existence? Established and emerging voices explore these questions, and more, in Spiritualities, ethics, and implications of human enhancement and artificial intelligence. This volume will be of interest to university students and researchers absorbed by issues surrounding spiritualities, human enhancement, and artificial intelligence; while also providing points for reflection for the wider public as these topics become increasingly important to our common future.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780190695392

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Author : Anthony B. Bradley
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433523557

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Liberating Black Theology by Anthony B. Bradley Pdf

When the beliefs of Barack Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, assumed the spotlight during the 2008 presidential campaign, the influence of black liberation theology became hotly debated not just within theological circles but across cultural lines. How many of today's African-American congregations-and how many Americans in general-have been shaped by its view of blacks as perpetual victims of white oppression? In this interdisciplinary, biblical critique of the black experience in America, Anthony Bradley introduces audiences to black liberation theology and its spiritual and social impact. He starts with James Cone's proposition that the "victim" mind-set is inherent within black consciousness. Bradley then explores how such biblical misinterpretation has historically hindered black churches in addressing the diverse issues of their communities and prevented adherents from experiencing the freedoms of the gospel. Yet Liberating Black Theology does more than consider the ramifications of this belief system; it suggests an alternate approach to the black experience that can truly liberate all Christ-followers.