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Public Theology and Violent Rhetoric Examined in a Queer Womanist Critical Ethnography

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Full Title:

Public Theology and Violent Rhetoric Examined in a Queer Womanist Critical Ethnography

Contributors:
ISBN:

9780567711243

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

T.& T.Clark Ltd

Publication Date:

20th February 2025

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Ethics and moral philosophy
Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships
Social and cultural anthropology

Dewey:

230.0866

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

168

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 234mm

Description

Public theology is an emerging constructive tool. In its inception, public theology was largely contextualized as the public church. However, this thoughtful and empathetic book situates our publics everywhere. Smallwood contends that those who have been harmed by violent rhetoric from speech actors who would other them retain the capacity to have and hold a theology. This different entry point allows for people of faith, those who are and those who are not associated with a particular communion of faith or denominational affiliation to claim public space for theologizing. Here, public theology is about the capacity of those who are othered to affirmatively express their faith and to critically engage with those who would deny and denigrate their ontology. Enduring hardship as a good soldier does not mean exposing oneself to verbal abuse week after week. Many LGBTQIA+ persons are assaulted, degraded, humiliated, and derogated from the pulpits and podiums of places of worship. This abuse caused many to turn away from their faith. Those who withstood protracted verbal abuse turned it inward and began to hate themselves. Through ethnography, Smallwood tackles these tough truths and engages with LGBTQIA+ persons. This book critically examines both the harm done to them and the help that is to come from a paradigmatic shift in care. Smallwood emphasises how spiritual self-assessment, ritual, and indigenous spiritual practices offer a way to wholeness and healing. Drawing from Yoruba epistemology, this work offers a framework for rebirth, renewal, and reclamation.

Author Bio

Teresa L. Smallwood is The James Franklin Kelly and Hope Eyster Kelly Associate Professor of Public Theology at the United Lutheran Seminary, USA.

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