Critical Theology against US Militarism in Asia

Decolonization and Deimperialization
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-349-69380-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 237 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 351 g

Reihe: New Approaches to Religion and Power

Drawing on cultural studies scholar Kuan-Hsing Chen's threefold notion of decolonization, deimperialization, and de-cold-war, this book provides analyses of the interrelated issues concerning the relationship between Christianity and the United States' imperialist militarism in the Asia Pacific. Contributors explore the effects of US imperialist militarism on the formation of Asian and Asian American collective subjectivity and inter/intra subjectivity. The book investigates the ways in which Christianity (broadly defined), in its own complexity, has been complicit in maintaining and reinforcing US imperialist military agendas in both national and international contexts. Conversely, the volume also discusses the various sites and instances where Christianity has managed to serve as a force of resistance against US imperialist militarism.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joh, Wonhee Anne

Kim, Nami

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Befreiungstheologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Christentum und Gesellschaft, Kirche und Politik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholische Kirchen in Lateinamerika, Afrika, Indien und Asien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- 1. Postcolonial Loss: Collective Grief in the Ruins of Militarized Terror; Wonhee Anne Joh.- 2. Militarism, Masculinism, and Martyrdom: Conditional Citizenship for (Asians) Americans; Tat-Siong Benny Liew.- 3. Demilitarizing Haunted Genealogies as Transgenerational Affective Work of the Holy Ghost; Amy R. Barbour.- 4. (Un)Making Mothers, Orphans, and Transnational Adoptees: The Afterlife of the Vietnam War in Aimee Phan's We Should Never Meet; Mimi Khúc.- 5. A Mission of Biopower: The United States Colonizes the Philippines; Jeremy Posadas.- 6. Killing Time; Jonathon Tran.- 7. The Impasse of Telling the “Moral Story”: Transnational Christian Human Rights Advocacy for North Koreans; Nami Kim.- 8. A Thief, a Woman, a People of the Land: Exploring Chamorro Strategies of Incarnation; Michael Sepidoza Campos.- 9. Faith-based Popular Resistance to the Naval Base at Gangjeong of Jeju:

Über Autor(innen)

Nami Kim is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Spelman College, USA. Her book The Gendered Politics of the Korean Protestant Right: Hegemonic Masculinity is forthcoming (Palgrave Macmillan). Kim serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion and the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion. 

Wonhee Anne Joh is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USA. She is the author of Heart of the Cross: A Postcolonial Christology.