Racialization and modern religion

Sylvia Wynter, black feminist theory, and critical genealogies of religion

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4800971
AutoresBenjamin G Robinson (Southern Methodist University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen7
Número3
Páginas257-274
Fecha de publicación2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCritical Research on Religion (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2050-3032 • E-ISSN: 2050-3040
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2050303219848065
OpenAlexW2946841736
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas22

Through an engagement with Sylvia Wynter, this article explores how black feminist critiques of the human can inform critical genealogies of religion. Specifically, the article develops a theoretical framework to interrogate how the modern construction of religion and the secular also produces racial identities and hierarchies. To draw attention to the global dimensions of this project, the article foregrounds the seminal work of Jason Ā. Josephson-Storm in his book, The Invention of Religion in Japan. The article argues that studies like Josephson-Storm's show how religion helps transform existing forms of social organization within a bio-evolutionary conception of the nation, and is used by the state to differentiate between who can be considered fully human and who cannot. In this process "superstition" or "irrationality" is rewritten as a biological threat to the health and well-being of "the people," and political domination is represented as a struggle to purify the nation

Irrationality · Political science · Politics · Racialization · Sociology · Superstition · Gender Studies · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society · Religion and Society Interactions · Theological Perspectives and Practices