Diasporic Feminist Theology: Asia and Theopolitical Imagination - Softcover

Kang, Namsoon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451472986 ISBN 13: 9781451472981

Publisher: Fortress Press, 2014

Synopsis

How do we navigate the question of identity in the fluid and pluralist conditions of postmodern society? Even more, how do we articulate identity as a defining particularity in the disappearance of borders, boundaries, and spaces in an increasingly globalist world? What constitutes identity and the formation of narratives under such conditions? How do these issues affect not only discursive practices, but theological and ethical construction and practice? This volumes explores these issues in depth. Diasporic Feminist Theology attempts to construct feminist theology by adopting diaspora as a theopolitical and ethical metaphor. Namsoon Kang here revisits and reexamines today's significant issues such as identity politics, dislocation, postmodernism, postcolonialism, neo-empire, Asian values, and constructs diasporic, transethnic, and glocal feminist theological discourses that create spaces of transformation, reconciliation, hospitality, worldliness, solidarity, and border-traversing. This work draws on diverse sources from contemporary critical discourses of diaspora studies, cultural studies, ethnic studies, postmodernism, postcolonialism, and feminism and feminist theology from a transterritorial space. This book is a landmark work, providing a comprehensive discourse for feminist theology today.

About this title

About the Author:

Namsoon Kang is professor of world Christianity and religions at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. An acclaimed speaker who lectures throughout the world, she is the president of WOCATI (World Conference of Associations of Theological Institutions). Her most recent publications include Cosmopolitan Theology (2013), The Handbook of Theological Education in World Christianity (co-edited), and Postcolonial Mission (co-edited).

Review:

"Not just a definitive reconfiguration of feminist theology for a cosmopolitical future but of theology itself, these essays exhibit the width and wisdom, the deconstructive creativity, of a leading thinker. Namsoon Kang is harvesting a sophisticated yet accessible vision born of seeds scattered—diaspora—over a planet." --Catherine Keller, Drew Theological School

"Exciting and engaging, this important book pushes the envelope of feminist theology and addresses the most critical issues we face today. It is a must-read for anyone searching for new ways to do theology in an age of globalization. I highly recommend it." --Kwok Pui-Ian, Episopal Divinity School

"While the primary point of entry for this exploration of Diasporic Feminist Theology is gender, Namsoon Kang has examined gender in groundbreaking, complex ways. With her analysis of globalization and the deep and continuing problems of Western colonialist power, she provides a critically important look at the limitations of Western white worldviews as they impact feminist theology across the board. Yet as a Korean feminist theologian, she refuses to romanticize non-Western feminism, providing a fascinating account of the patriarchal nature of Confucianism, which has profoundly shaped Korean worldviews. This is a must-read for feminist theologians and anyone who cares about justice and globalization." --Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Duke Divinity School

About this edition

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1451472986
• ISBN 13: 9781451472981
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224