Violence, Entitlement, and Politics

A Theology on Transforming the Subject
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-07663-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 150 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 243 g

Reihe: Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies

This book is an exercise in political theology, exploring the problem of gender-based violence by focusing on violent male subjects and the issue of entitlement.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ogden, Steven G.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Soziallehre und Sozialethik, Pastoral und Seelsorge
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliches Leben & Praxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 The problem of gender-based violence; 2 Theorizing violence, entitlement, and strongman politics; 3 Entitlement predisposing subjects toward controlling behaviour and violent actions; 4 Diverging trajectories: From Foucault and confession to transformation;5 A theology of transformation; 6 Transforming the subject; 7 6 January 2021: An epiphany of entitlement and the promise of transformation

Über Autor(innen)

Steven G. Ogden is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University, Australia. He is interested in politics and religion, as well as issues around gender, power, and violence. Previous publications include The Church, Authority, and Foucault: Imagining the Church as an Open Space of Freedom (2017).