Comparative Theology After Religion?

2020 ◽  
pp. 108-151
Author(s):  
John J. Thatamanil
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Comparative Theology ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Theories Of Religion ◽  
The Way

This chapter employs genealogy of religion, critical race theory, and Nagarjuna’s Madhyamaka Buddhism to call into question the way in which uninterrogated notions about “religion” and “religions” compromise theologies of religious diversity. At the heart of the argument is the claim that both the categories “religions” and “races” were invented to reify traditions and peoples over against each other and to develop hierarchies of valuation. Reification is the precondition for ranking, and where there is reification there can be no learning. These reifications persist and complicate and compromise theologies of religious diversity and comparative theology. If Christian theology is to take up the project of interreligious learning, then a variety of extant theories of religion must be called into question. Nevertheless, the chapter concludes that there is no way to simply jettison “religion” and “religions.” These categories must be given new meaning.

scholarly journals Straddling Death and (Re)birth: A Disabled Latina’s Meditation on Collective Care and Mending in Pandemic Times

2020 ◽  
pp. 107780042096016
Author(s):  
Lisette E. Torres
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Critical Autoethnography ◽  
The Way

This critical autoethnography, informed by Critical Race Theory (CRT), intersectionality, and DisCrit, explores the lived experience of a disabled Latina mother-scholar during COVID-19. She uses meditation to think about macroscopic conceptions of independence and time, asking how COVID-19 has changed the way she relates to others and her scholarship. In the process of journaling and engaging in different evocative prompts, she has visceral responses to the death of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) Movement, and the suffering of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) communities. The author realizes that contemplative methodologies should center collective care and mending to “let go” of White supremacy, ableism, and sexism.

scholarly journals Operationalizing Critical Race Theory in the Marketplace

2020 ◽  
pp. 074391562096411
Author(s):  
Sonja Martin Poole ◽  
Sonya A. Grier ◽  
Kevin D. Thomas ◽  
Francesca Sobande ◽  
Akon E. Ekpo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Systemic Oppression ◽  
The Way

Race is integral to the functioning and ideological underpinnings of marketplace actions yet remains undertheorized in marketing. To understand and transform the insidious ways in which race operates, the authors examine its impact in marketplaces and how these effects are shaped by intersecting forms of systemic oppression. They introduce critical race theory (CRT) to the marketing community as a useful framework for understanding consumers, consumption, and contemporary marketplaces. They outline critical theory traditions as utilized in marketing and specify the particular role of CRT as a lens through which scholars can understand marketplace dynamics. The authors delineate key CRT tenets and how they may shape the way scholars conduct research, teach, and influence practice in the marketing discipline. To clearly highlight CRT’s overall potential as a robust analytical tool in marketplace studies, the authors elaborate on the application of artificial intelligence to consumption markets. This analysis demonstrates how CRT can support an enhanced understanding of the role of race in markets and lead to a more equitable version of the marketplace than what currently exists. Beyond mere procedural modifications, applying CRT to marketplace studies mandates a paradigm shift in how marketplace equity is understood and practiced.

scholarly journals Towards a theoretical synergy: Critical race theory and decolonial thought in Trumpamerica and Brexit Britain

2020 ◽  
pp. 001139212096976
Author(s):  
Ali Meghji
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Racial Ideology ◽  
Western Civilization ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Historical Dynamics ◽  
The Way

This article argues for a theoretical synergy between critical race theory (CRT) and decolonial thought. The author propounds that while CRT and decolonial thought have different scopes, we can synergize them in analysis. Specifically, decolonial thought’s transnational focus on coloniality complements CRT’s ‘presentist’ focus on national racialized social systems. The author displays the efficacy of this theoretical synergy by discussing Brexit Britain and Trumpamerica. While CRT is helpful for analysing how these political projects built upon contemporary post-racial ideology and racialized emotions, it struggles to deal with the postcolonial melancholia that runs through both political moments. Decolonial thought is thus required to tease out the transnational, historical dynamics of coloniality embodied in Brexit Britain and Trumpamerica. This is particularly apparent in the way both projects involve a desire to return the nation to its imperial glory, and to keep those who are deemed to be opposed to Western civilization – particularly ‘the Muslim’ – outside of the nation’s borders.

scholarly journals Pursuing Justice-Driven Inclusive Education Research: Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit) in Early Childhood

2021 ◽  
pp. 027112142199083
Author(s):  
Hailey R. Love ◽  
Margaret R. Beneke
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Children Of Color ◽  
Educational Processes

Multiple scholars have argued that early childhood inclusive education research and practice has often retained racialized, ableist notions of normal development, which can undermine efforts to advance justice and contribute to biased educational processes and practices. Racism and ableism intersect through the positioning of young children of Color as “at risk,” the use of normalizing practices to “fix” disability, and the exclusion of multiply marginalized young children from educational spaces and opportunities. Justice-driven inclusive education research is necessary to challenge such assumptions and reduce exclusionary practices. Disability Critical Race Theory extends inclusive education research by facilitating examinations of the ways racism and ableism interdependently uphold notions of normalcy and centering the perspectives of multiply marginalized children and families. We discuss constructions of normalcy in early childhood, define justice-driven inclusive education research and its potential contributions, and discuss DisCrit’s affordances for justice-driven inclusive education research with and for multiply marginalized young children and families.

Exploring Approaches to Data Literacy Through a Critical Race Theory Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Britney Johnson ◽  
Ben Rydal Shapiro ◽  
Betsy DiSalvo ◽  
Annabel Rothschild ◽  
Carl DiSalvo
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Data Literacy

Critical Race Theory for HCI

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ihudiya Finda Ogbonnaya-Ogburu ◽  
Angela D.R. Smith ◽  
Alexandra To ◽  
Kentaro Toyama
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory
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