Radical Theologies and Philosophies: Studies in Philosophy of Race, Science Fiction Cinema, and Superhero Stories

Baker, Christopher M.

This book argues that “race” and “whiteness” are central to the construction of the modern world. Constructive Theology needs to take them seriously as primary theological problems. In doing so, Constructive Theology must fundamentally change its approach, and draw from the emerging field of Philosophy of Race. Christopher M. Baker develops a genealogy of race that understands “whiteness” as a kind secular soteriology, and develops a counternarrative theological method informed by resources from Philosophy of Race. He then deploys that method to read science fiction cinema and superhero stories as cultural, racial, and theological documents that can be critically engaged and redeployed as counternarratives to dominant racial narratives.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2022-05-11

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030993429

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-99343-6

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 192