About the Book
This book brings Christian, Jewish and Muslim scholars from different fields of knowledge and many places across the globe to introduce/expand the dialogue between the field of liturgy and postcolonial/decolonial thinking. Connecting main themes in both fields, this book shows what is at stake in this dialectical scholarship.
Table of Contents:
Introduction; Cláudio Carvalhaes PART I: MUSLIM AND JEWISH PERSPECTIVES 1. Returning to the One: Postcolonial Muslim Liturgy; Sophia R. Shafi 2. Toward a Genuine Congregation: The Form of the Muslim Friday Prayer, Revisited; Shadaab Rahemtulla 3. After the Holocaust and Israel. On Liturgy and the Postcolonial (Jewish) Prophetic in the New Diaspora; Marc H. Ellis PART II: AFRICA AND AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES 4. The Ethical Implications of Migration on Liturgy: An African Postcolonial Perspective; Beatrice Okyere Manu 5. 'Do This in Remembrance of Me:' An African Feminist Contestation of the Embodied Sacred Liturgical Space In The Celebration Of Eucharist; Lilian Siwila 6. Liturgy and Justice in Postcolonial Zimbabwe: Holy people, Holy places, Holy things in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe (ELCZ); Moyo Herbert 7. Navigating In Different Seas: Christianity and African Brazilian Religions; Miriam Rosa PART III: LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES 8. De Evangelization of the Knees: Epistemology, Osteoporosis and Affliction; Nancy Cardoso Pereira 9. ¡Ponte A Nuestro Lado! Be on Our Side! The Challenge of the Central American Liberation Theology Masses; Ann Hidalgo 10. Choosing a Heritage. Some Urban South American Mennonites Reread, Reinvent, and Honor the Tradition; Marisa Strizzi 11. Liturgy With Your Feet: Romaria da Terra Pilgrimage in Paraná, Brazil: Re Appropriating Liturgical Rites In The Quest For Life Spaces And Their Liberation; Júlio Cézar Adam PART IV: OCEANIA, ASIA, AND ASIAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES 12. A New Zealand Prayer Book = He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa: A Study in Post colonial Liturgy; Storm Swain 13. Liturgical Time and Tehching Hsieh; Gerald Liu 14. Postcolonial Reading of Liturgy in India During The Colonial/Postcolonial Period As A Mode of Resistance; C. I. David Joy 15. Baptism as Crossing Beyond Belonging?; HyeRan Kim Cragg PART V: EUROPE, EUROPEAN AMERICAN, NATIVE AMERICAN AND USA PERSPECTIVES 16. A Flagging Peace?; SiobhanGarrigan 17. Holy Crumbs, Table Habits And (Dis)placing Conversations Beyond 'Only One Is Holy,'; Michael N. Jagessar 18. Puzzling Over Postcolonial Liturgical Heteroglossia: In Search of Liturgical Decoloniality And Dialogic Orthodoxy; Kristine Suna Koro 19. When Seminaries Get Stuck; Stephen Burns 20. The Cherokee Stomp Dance: A Case Study of Post Colonial Native American Contextualization; Corky Alexander 21. Postcolonial Whiteness: Being With In Worship; Sharon Fennema Bibliography
About the Author :
Corky Alexander, Life Bridges Inc. Cleveland, TN, USA. Sophia Rose Shafi, Iliff School of Theology, USA. Shadaab Rahemtulla, University of Jordan. Marc H. Ellis, Baylor University, USA. Beatrice Okyere-Manu, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Lilian Cheelo Siwila, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Herbert Moyo, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Miriam Rosa, independent scholar, Brazil. Nancy Cardoso Pereira, Pastoral Commission of the Land, Brazil. Ann Hidalgo, Claremont School of Theology, USA. Marisa Strizzi, GEMRIP (Multidisciplinary Study Group on Religion and Public Advocacy), Brazil. Júlio Cézar Adam, Faculdades EST, Brazil. Storm Swain, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, USA. Gerald C. Liu, Drew Theological School, USA. C.I. David joy, United Theological College, India. HyeRan Kim-Cragg, St. Andrew's College at Saskatoon, Canada. Siobhán Garrigan, Trinity College, Ireland. Kristine Suna-Koro, Xavier University, USA. Michael Jagessar, Westminster College, Cambridge University, UK. Sharon R. Fennema, Pacific School of Religion, USA. Stephen Burns, Episcopal Divinity School, USA, and Charles Sturt University, Australia.
Review :
"This book will indubitably become a landmark in religious studies and theology. Carvalhaes gathers a superb quality of critical reflections that unveil unexplored roles of liturgy in both the reproduction of global patterns of domination and the resistances against them. This is a must read for scholars and students interested in Postcolonialism, liturgy, religion and society, ethics, theology, and inter-religious conversations." - Santiago Slabodsky, Claremont School of Theology, USA 'This pioneering text makes a unique contribution to postcolonial study of liturgy by introducing multi-faith and multicultural perspectives.' - Kwok Pui-lan, Episcopal Divinity School, USA, and author of Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology 'Carvalhaes has brought together not just a collection of articles but a community of voices. The authors in this volume challenge all liturgies and rituals, carrying the seeds for a world that moves beyond tokenism to one in which diversity and the 'margins' shape the conversation and bear witness. It's exciting to engage this stimulating conversation!' - Dirk G. Lange, Luther Seminary, USA "The essays within by turns analytic, poetic, prophetic, and constructive show the courage it takes to put into conversation two fields of inquiry that have had relatively little interaction. They experiment, they take risks, and they provoke. This book is an important contribution to an emerging conversation.' - James Farwell, Virginia Theological Seminary, USA
