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- Title
Postcolonial Theology and Intersectionality.
- Authors
Kim(bio), Grace Ji-Sun
- Abstract
Many two-thirds-world Christian theologians have turned to postcolonial theory as a more indigenous theoretical way of addressing the sinful effects of colonialism in its various manifestations. These theologians employ, in particular, the postcolonial concept of hybridity as a way of accounting for the complicated political agency of the "subaltern" (oppressed) subject. This concept emerged out of the postcolonial experience to describe the ways in which subaltern subjects sometimes embrace and confront the "master's tools" when constructing new postcolonial identities. What could look like support of the oppressor may, in fact, be a complex process of formulating and activating subaltern agency in relation to colonialist as well as indigenous cultural practices, languages, attitudes, and religions. This essay argues that these are forms of intersectional theologizing.
- Subjects
POSTCOLONIAL theology; DOCTRINAL theology; INTERSECTIONALITY; SUBALTERN; POSTCOLONIALISM
- Publication
Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 2020, Vol 55, Issue 4, pN.PAG
- ISSN
0022-0558
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ecu.2020.0047