Cover Image

Identity, Ethics, and Nonviolence in Postcolonial Theory : A Rahnerian Theological Assessment /

Abraham argues that a theological imagination can expand the contours of postcolonial theory through a reexamination of notions of subjectivity, gender, and violence in a dialogical model with Karl Rahner. She questions of whether postcolonial theory, with its disavowal of religious agency, can prov...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abraham, Susan (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Religious Studies.
Christian Theology.
Cultural Theory.
Gender Studies.
Literary Theory.
Philosophy of Religion.
Sociology, general.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Literature > Philosophy.
Religion > Philosophy.
Religion.
Sex (Psychology)
Sociology.
Theology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Abraham argues that a theological imagination can expand the contours of postcolonial theory through a reexamination of notions of subjectivity, gender, and violence in a dialogical model with Karl Rahner. She questions of whether postcolonial theory, with its disavowal of religious agency, can provide an invigorating occasion for Catholic theology.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages)
ISBN:9780230604131
DOI:10.1057/9780230604131