1st Edition

Radical Otherness Sociological and Theological Approaches

By Lisa Isherwood, David Harris Copyright 2013
208 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

The problem of otherness is central to debates in both the social sciences and theology. To define the other – by colour, gender, politics, nationality, or religion – is to define the self. Othering has been used through history as a justification for boundary-setting, for conflict and for oppression. Radical Otherness presents a broad overview of otherness in both sociology and theology. The... Read more
Preface  Introduction: Radical otherness: A socio/theological Investigation  1. Otherness, Outsiders and Larger Tents  2. The Politics of Otherness  3. The Hermeneutics of Otherness  4. Consuming Others  5. Otherness as metatheoretical/physical problem: backgrounding the foreground  Conclusion

Biography

Dave Harris is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Sport, PE and Leisure at the College of St Mark and John, Plymouth. Lisa Isherwood is Professor of Feminist Liberation Theologies and Director of Theological Partnerships at the University of Winchester.

“The multifaceted dialogue between a sociologist and a theologian points to new avenues of thinking about our relationship and accountability toward the Other. I recommend this remarkable text enthusiastically.” – Kwok Pui-lan, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts

“This volume represents an important advance in the analysis of otherness and difference, for the way in which it approaches a topic that demands an interdisciplinary approach.” – Christopher Craig Brittain, University of Aberdeen