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Radical Otherness: Sociological and Theological Approaches

Radical Otherness: Sociological and Theological Approaches Paperback / softback - 2013

by Lisa Isherwood

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Paperback / softback. New. Issues of race, gender, nationality and religion have been the breeding ground of conflict and oppression throughout history. This book provides an engaging assessment of the dangers of defining the self against the other.
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  • Title Radical Otherness: Sociological and Theological Approaches
  • Author Lisa Isherwood
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, Durham
  • Date 2013-11-30
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9781844657223
  • ISBN 9781844657223 / 1844657221
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.03 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Other (Philosophy), Other (Philosophy) - Religious aspects
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012276225
  • Dewey Decimal Code 230.209

From the publisher

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 book reveals how social theory can illuminate many contemporary issues in theology, whilst the examination of theological methods can shed light on problematic issues in sociology. The discussion of issues in Radical Otherness moves from the personal to the political, to the hermeneutic, to the ultimate otherness of metaphysics. At each stage, discussion of theory is grounded in concrete examples. The book offers students of ethics, theology, and sociology of religion a clear and engaged assessment of otherness, and opens up new ways for investigating a concept central to the study of both religion and society.

About the author

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.