Theological Thinking and Eurocentric Epistemologies
A Challenge to Theologians from within Africana Religious Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13047217 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph Drexler-Dreis (Saint Mary's College of California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-49 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Africana Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2165-5405 • E-ISSN: 2165-5413 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/jafrireli.6.1.0027 |
| OpenAlex | W2784329107 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
Motivated by the work of scholars of Africana religions, this essay questions whether theology as a mode of critical reflection that depends on Christian-centric understandings of revelation can contribute toward a liberation from colonial relations of power. Actualizing liberation in a meaningful way requires a liberation from Eurocentric loci of rationality, yet theologians' movement toward liberation often proceeds precisely from such a site—namely, a reception of revelation dominated by the Mediterranean world and Europe. To explain this tension, I first consider how work within Africana religious studies challenges Christian theological ways of thinking. Second, I focus on uses of revelation in theology and consider how even nuanced understandings of revelation often remain mired epistemologically in colonial relations of power. I conclude by concretizing a question, prompted by scholars of Africana religions, that theologians must address within projects responding to colonial relations of power
Colonialism · Epistemology · Political science · Power (physics · Rationality · Revelation · Sociology · Theology · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Theological Perspectives and Practices
Black theology and black power.
Contemporary Black Theology
Reconceiving the Doctrine of Jesus as Savior in Terms of the African Understanding of an Ancestor
Race, Religion, and Ethics in the Modern/Colonial World
Africana Religious Studies
Shifting the Geography of Reason in an Age of Disciplinary Decadence
The Decolonial Abyss
Grundkurs des Glaubens
Coloniality and Modernity/Rationality
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |