Memory, Grief, and Agency: A Political Theological Account of Wrongs and Rites

This book argues that an active memory of and grief over structural wrongs yields positive agency. Such agency generates rites of moral responsibility that serve as antidotes to violent identities and catalyze hospitable social practices. By comparing Indian and U.S. contexts of caste and race, Sund...

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Main Author: Boopalan, Sunder John (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2017
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:New Approaches to Religion and Power
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Springer eBook Collection Religion and Philosophy
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
Further subjects:B Religion and sociology
B Religious Studies
B Political Theory
B Religion
B Religions
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Parallel Edition:Druckausg.: 978-3-319-58957-2
Printed edition: 9783319589572