| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 322 pages) |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-322) and index. |
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Open access MiU |
| Summary |
What does liberation mean for Asians at the core of an anti-Black, settler-colonial empire? This landmark book is the first to offer an Asian American theology of liberation for the present and future global crises. The broad scope of contemporary ideas that the book engages with will be of interest to students, activists, clergy, and scholars alike. Readers interested in radical politics, political theology, and Asian American history will find this book an important addition to their bookshelves. Providing an intersectional frame that considers the breadth and diversity of Asian American experiences alongside those of Black, Indigenous, and Latinx thinkers in the United States and across the globe, An Asian American Theology of Liberation puts Asian American theology in dialogue with theories from psychoanalysis, Afro-pessimism, Black Marxism, postcolonial studies, and queer theology. In this groundbreaking work, Wong Tian An combines archival research uncovering a much overlooked theology of liberation -- born in the 1970s out of Asian Americans' struggles for political recognition and civil rights in the United States -- with powerful analyses drawing from the theological, intellectual, and political developments of the last half century. This wide-ranging study connects urgent themes such as protest movements in Hong Kong, anti-Asian violence in the United States, and Indigenous struggles everywhere, while building on Asian theologies such as Dalit theology in India, theology of struggle in the Philippines, and Minjung theology in Korea. Drawing deeply and broadly across disciplines, the book altogether revives and renews an Asian American theology of liberation for a new generation. |
| Funding |
Sponsored by Lever Press |
| Note |
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
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Description based on information from the publisher. |
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Liberation theology -- United States.
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Asian Americans -- Civil rights -- Religious aspects.
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Asian Americans -- Religious life.
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Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Asian American Studies.
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Social Science.
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Asian Americans -- Religious life
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Liberation theology
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United States
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| Added Author |
Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781643150567 (electronic bk.) |
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1643150561 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard No. |
10.3998/mpub.12789659 doi |
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