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The political Left has had a turbulent relationship with religion,
from outright hostility to attempts to meld religious faith with
progressivism. Confronted with contemporary social ills, the
progressive Left continues to disagree about the role that religion
should play, whether in understanding social challenges and
solutions, or stimulating social critique and reform. Radical
Religion presents valuable insights, from both religious and
secular perspectives, for progressives today as they struggle to
formulate a coherent agenda and effective strategies for social
change. This book presents arguments from a diverse group of
scholars, and offers a snapshot of contemporary, progressive
thinking about religion.
The political Left has had a turbulent relationship with religion,
from outright hostility to attempts to meld religious faith with
progressivism. Confronted with contemporary social ills, the
progressive Left continues to disagree about the role that religion
should play, whether in understanding social challenges and
solutions, or stimulating social critique and reform. Radical
Religion presents valuable insights, from both religious and
secular perspectives, for progressives today as they struggle to
formulate a coherent agenda and effective strategies for social
change. This book presents arguments from a diverse group of
scholars, and offers a snapshot of contemporary, progressive
thinking about religion.
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Praying with Every Heart (Hardcover)
Claudio Carvalhaes; Foreword by Daisy Machado; Afterword by Marc H. Ellis
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Future of the Prophetic argues that in the persistence of the
prophetic, the legacy of the ancient Jewish world spread beyond the
boundaries of the Jewish community and took root throughout the
world. As a way of wisdom and hope, this dual rooting - its
grounding in the tradition of ancient Israel and its uncontained
itinerancy-unveils a startling but promising new context: a
re-presentation of the prophetic from outside the Jewish world to
the Jewish community. The new situation of contemporary prophetic
challenges the fixed religious landscape by reversing traditional
boundaries, eschewing power and privilege, and brokering peace
through solidarity and common struggle in ecumenical and interfaith
contexts.
Both personal and scholarly in tone, this book encourages readers
to think theologically, ethically, and politically about the
statement that declares: "God loves diversity and justice." The
multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-disciplinary, and
multi-gendered identities of the eleven contributors and two
respondents deepen the conversation. It considers questions such
as: Do we affirm or challenge this theological statement? Do we
concentrate on "God" in our response or do we interrogate what
diversity and justice mean in light of God's love for diversity and
justice? Alternatively, do we prefer to ponder the verb, to love,
and consider what it might mean for society if people really
believed in a divinity loving diversity and justice? Of course,
there are no easy and simple answers whether we consult the Sikh
scriptures, the Bible, the Qur'an, the movies, the Declaration of
Human Rights, or the transgender movement, but the effort is
worthwhile. The result is a serious historical, literary, cultural,
and religious discourse that fends against intellectually rigid
thought and simplistic belief systems across the religious
spectrum. In our world in which so much military unrest and
violence, economic inequities, and religious strife prevail, such a
conversation nurtures theological, ethical, and political
possibilities of inclusion and justice.
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