Radical Humanism and Generous Tolerance - Soyinka on Religion and Human Solidarity

This book articulates the religious ideas and vision of Wole Soyinka in his non-fiction writings, analyzes Soyinka's response to religious violence, terror, and the fear of religious imperialism, and suggests that theoretical notions of radical humanism and generous tolerance best summarize Soyinka's religious ideals and religious piety.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Rethinking Wole Soyinka and His Engagement with Religion
Chapter One: "Shipwreck of Faith": The Religious Vision and Ideas of Wole Soyinka
Chapter Two: Against Violence: The Arrogance of Faith and Religious Imperialism
Chapter Three: Soyinka's Interpretation of Ancestral Faith: Values and Meaning in African Traditional Religions
Chapter Four: In Praise of Shalom and Human Solidarity: The Logic of Radical Humanism, and The Value of Generous Tolerance
Appendix A: Wole Soyinka: Chronology and Selected Bibliography
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Celucien L. Joseph is associate professor of English at Indian River State College. His most recent books include Revolutionary Change and Democratic Religion: Christianity, Vodou, and Secularism (2020), and Theologizing in Black: On Africana Theological Ethics and Anthropology (2020).

Summary

This book articulates the religious ideas and vision of Wole Soyinka in his non-fiction writings, analyzes Soyinka's response to religious violence, terror, and the fear of religious imperialism, and suggests that theoretical notions of radical humanism and generous tolerance best summarize Soyinka's religious ideals and religious piety.

Product details

• Authors: Celucien L Joseph, Celucien L. Joseph, Joseph Celucien L.
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9780761868583
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6858-3
• No. of pages: 112
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, comparative religion, RELIGION / Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, Religious ethics, Cosmopolitanism, Philosophy of religion, African Literature, Humanist & Secular Alternatives To Religion, Humanist and secular alternatives to religion, Yoruba religion and cosmology, African traditional religion, African traditional humanism