Review of. Vítor Westhelle. After Heresy: Colonial Practices and Post-colonial Theologies. Cascade Books, xix, pages, bibl., index.
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- After Heresy: Colonial Practices and Postcolonial Theologies.
- Review of Vítor Westhelle’s After Heresy: Colonial Practices and Post-colonial Theologies.
The theory and practices in postcolonial literature are generally patterned by deconstructive passion of the globalized Empire, following in the footsteps of postmodern thinkers such as. Westhelle, however, seeks to locate the eschatological discourse of liberation theology in the understanding of history, society, and eschatology, cutting through postcolonial consciousness and praxis in the aftermath of World War II. The author is skillful in analyzing the incomplete project of modernity Habermas , the genealogy of knowledge, discourse, power Foucault , and deconstructive differance Derrida.
After Heresy: Colonial Practices and Postcolonial Theologies.
Spivak's poignant question--can the subaltern speak? The author adumbrates the logic of representation for example, speaking by proxy in politics and representation as in art or philosophy through portrait in a provocative manner. Spivak's reluctance about a discourse of victimization remains a field of debate, because she worries about the inscription of the subalterns into essentialist and utopian political categories.
Westhelle underscores the Lutheran notion of gospel in the sense of viva vox evangelii, which provides a space of communication with others, as expressed and translated in the different languages of a particular context. God in the living voice of the gospel awakens us to the politics of eschatology, participating in God's protest against colonization of the life-world. The substantial contribution of this book begins with empathic listening to the voices of the voiceless, through whose face God continues to speak, thereby advancing the hybrid task of a subaltern and liberating theology today.
Chung Luther Seminary, St.
Review of Vítor Westhelle’s After Heresy: Colonial Practices and Post-colonial Theologies.
Currents in Theology and Mission Article Type: Archeological Hermeneutics and Comparative Religious Theology. This book presents postcolonial imagination in terms of archeological hermeneutics and comparative theology, undertaking a profound study of interaction between Christianity and Asian religions such as Mahayana Buddhism and Confucianism.
With this new book Professor Chung attains a new breadth and a qualitative depth in postcolonial studies. Erudite and vastly comprehensive, this work commands a sense of truth about colonialism that evokes a genuine universalism in a text that speaks in dialects. This study cannot be missed either by postcolonial studies or theology of religions.
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