Unsettling Science and Religion - Contributions and Questions From Queer Studies

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Lisa Stenmark and Whitney Bauman - Afterword by Timothy Morton - Contributions by Whitney Bauman; Julia Watts Belser; Philip Clayton; Fern Feldman; Carlos Fernández; Kirianna Florez; Teresa Hornsby; Alex Carr Johnson; Catherine Keller; Laurel Sc Klappentext This volume extends the insights of queer theory in order to unsettle or "queer" our understandings of "religion," "science," and the relationship between them. It asks how queer religion, science, and philosophy can and/or should be as a way to continue our conversations and explorations of the world in which we live. Zusammenfassung This volume extends the insights of queer theory in order to unsettle or “queer” our understandings of “religion,” “science,” and the relationship between them.  It asks how queer religion, science, and philosophy can and/or should be as a way to continue our conversations and explorations of the world in which we live. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroductionLisa Stenmark and Whitney Bauman 1. Both/And: Science, Religion, and the Fluidity of IdentityPhilip Clayton and Kirianna Florez2. If You Quare It You Can Change It: Changing the Boxes That Bind UsEmilie M. Townes3. Thinking through Three Revolutions: Religion, Science and ColonialismLisa Stenmark4. Queering Authority in Science and ReligionWhitney Bauman5. Polyamorous Bastards: James Baldwin and Desires of a Queer African-American Religious NaturalismCarol Wayne White6. Slenderman: A Trans Hermeneutic of the ApocalypseTeresa Hornsby7. 'Nothing in This World is Indifferent to Us': A Dialogical Reflection on the Queerness of Theology and ScienceCatherine Keller and Laurel Schneider8. Queering the Dissident Body: Race, Sex, and Disability in Rabbinic Blessings on Bodily DifferenceJulia Watts Belser9. 'Adam is Not Man: The Queer Body before Genesis 2:22 (and after)Zairong Xiang10. Gender and Indeterminacy in Jewish Mystical Imagery Fern Feldman11. Toward a Bright and Messy Future: The Global Ecological Crisis, the Problem of Heteronormative Bias, and the Necessity of a Queer Ecological ImaginationAlex Carr Johnson12. Queering the Library of CongressCarlos FernandezPetrichor: An AfterwordTimothy MortonAnnotated BibliographyAbout the Contributors...

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Bauman Stenmark
• Assisted by: Whitney Bauman (Editor), Bauman Whitney (Editor), Lisa Stenmark (Editor), Morton Timothy (Afterword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781498556415
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5641-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Religion and Science as a Critical Discourse; Religion and Science as a Crit; Religion and Science as a Critical Discourse
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SCIENCE / History, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, RELIGION / Religion & Science, Gay & Lesbian studies, Religion and science, Religion & science, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics