Planetary Loves: Spivak, Postcoloniality, and Theology (Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia)

Postcolonial theology has recently emerged as a site of intense intellectual and political energy and has taken its place in the interdisciplinary field of postcolonial studies. This volume is animated by the conviction that postcolonial theology is now ready for a second, deeper phase of engagement with postcolonial theory, one that moves beyond the general to the specific. No critic has been more emblematic of the challenging and contested field of postcolonial theory than Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. In this volume, the product of a theological colloquium in which Spivak herself participated, theologians and biblical scholars engage with her thought in order to catalyze a diverse range of original theological and exegetical projects. The volume opens with a "topography" of postcolonial theology and also includes other valuable introductory essays. At the center of the collection are transcriptions of two extended public dialogues with Spivak on theology and religion in general. A further dozen essays appropriate Spivak's work for theological and ethical reflection. The volume is also significant for the larger field of postcolonial studies in that it is the first to focus centrally on Spivak's immensely suggestive and vital concept of "planetarity." Tentative Topography Of Postcolonial Theology / Mayra Rivera And Stephen D. Moore -- Situating Spivak / Stephen D. Moore -- What Has Love To Do With It? Planetarity, Feminism, And Theology / Kwok Pui-lan -- Love We Cannot Not Want: A Response To Kwok Pui-lan / Laurel C. Schneider -- Love: A Conversation / Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, With Serene Jones, Catherine Keller, Kwok Pui-lan, And Stephen D. Moore -- Pterodactyl In The Margins: Detranscendentalizing Postcolonial Theology / Susan Abraham -- Lost In Translation? Tracing Linguistic And Economic Transactions In Three Texts / Tat-siong Benny Liew -- Ghostly Encounters: Spirits, Memory, And The Holy Ghost / Mayra Rivera -- Extempore Response To Susan Abraham, Tat-siong Benny Liew, And Mayra Rivera / Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak -- Planetary Subjects After The Death Of Geography / Jenna Tiitsman -- Love's Multiplicity: Jeong And Spivak's Notes Toward Planetary Love / W. Anne Joh -- Not Quite Not Agents Of Oppression: Liberative Praxis For North American White Women / Lydia York -- Planetary Sightings? Negotiating Sexual Differences In Globalization's Shadow / Ellen T. Armour -- Effects Of Grace: Detranscendentalizing / Erin Runions -- Comparative Theology After Religion / John J. Thatamanil -- Toward A Cosmopolitan Theology: Constructing Public Theology From The Future / Namsoon Kang -- Pax Terra And Other Utopias? Planetarity, Cosmopolitanism, And The Kingdom Of God / Dhawn B. Martin -- Crip/tography: Of Karma And Cosmopolis / Sharon V. Betcher. Edited By Stephen D. Moore And Mayra Rivera. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Postcolonial theology has recently emerged as a site of intense intellectual and political energy and has taken its place in the interdisciplinary field of postcolonial studies. This volume is animated by the conviction that postcolonial theology is now ready for a second, deeper phase of engagement with postcolonial theory, one that moves beyond the general to the specific. No critic has been more emblematic of the challenging and contested field of postcolonial theory than Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. In this volume, the product of a theological colloquium in which Spivak herself participated, theologians and biblical scholars engage with her thought in order to catalyze a diverse range of original theological and exegetical projects. This volume opens with a 'topography' of postcolonial theology and also includes other valuable introductory essays. At the centre of the collection are transcriptions of two extended public dialogues with Spivak on theology and religion in general. A further dozen essays appropriate Spivak's work for theological and ethical reflection. The volume is also significant for the larger field of postcolonial studies in that it is the first to focus centrally on Spivak's immensely suggestive and vital concept of "planetarity." -- Publisher Annotation Postcolonial theology has recently emerged as a site of intense intellectual and political energy and has taken its place in the interdisciplinary field of postcolonial studies. This volume is animated by the conviction that postcolonial theology is now ready for a second, deeper phase of engagement with postcolonial theory, one that moves beyond the general to the specific. No critic has been more emblematic of the challenging and contested field of postcolonial theory than Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. In this volume, the product of a theological colloquium in which Spivak herself participated, theologians and biblical scholars engage with her thought in order to catalyze a diverse range of original theological and exegetical projects. The volume opens with a topography of postcolonial theology and also includes other valuable introductory essays. At the center of the collection are transcriptions of two extended public dialogues with Spivak on theology and religion in general