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Questioning Our Faith in Practice
Unlearning White Supremacy in Practical Theology
Series: - Theology in Practice, Volume: 14
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Practical theology emerged as a discipline steeped in white supremacy, traces of which can be found in some of its most central practices and habits of mind. Identifying the remnants of this legacy allows practical theologians to begin to imagine how to proceed without reinscribing narratives of white saviors, unlimited progress, dominating control of bodies, and individual heroic leadership. You are invited to question this worldview while learning from scholars imagining a decolonized future.
Katherine Turpin, Ph.D., is Professor of Practical Theology and Religious Education at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, CO. She has published in youth ministry, religious education, and practical theology, including Branded (Pilgrim, 2006) and Nurturing Different Dreams (with Anne Carter Walker, Pickwick, 2014).
Contents
Acknowledgements
1 Questioning Oneâs Own Faith
â1âDefining Whiteness and White Supremacy
â2âSalvation beyond White Supremacy
â3âWhy âQuestioningâ?
â4ââYouâll Lose Your Faithâ?
â5âHow to Read This Book
2 Questioning Practice
â1âPractice and the Transmission of Virtue
â2âPractice and Symbolic Violence
â3âAccounting for the Ambivalent Nature of Christian Practice
â4âInnocence, Purity, and Complicity: Reimagining White Christian Practice
3 Questioning Education
â1âTeaching as Universal Mandate for Conversion
â2âEducation, Civilization, and Imperial Force
â3âPedagogical Eternalities and the Education of Children
â4âEducation with Humility
4 Questioning Intervention
â1âThe Role of Intervention in Practical Theological Reflection
â2âAgency, Assumed Control, and the White Savior
â3âIntervention as Religious Meaning-Making
â4âThe Myth of Progress and Salvation as Whiteness
â5âFrom Intervention to Design for Collective Flourishing
5 Questioning Leadership
â1âOn Leaders and Followers
â2âFrom Corporate Rock Star to Interdependent Co-collaborators
â3âThe Paradox of Servant Leadership
â4âDecolonizing and Liberating Leadership
â5âFragment Workers and Poetic Imagination
6 Questioning Congregations
â1âThe Prominence of the Congregation in White Christianity
â2âCongregations as Institutions of Whiteness
â3âDecolonizing Community and Moving beyond Congregations
7 Questioning the Apologetic and Affiliative Function of Practical Theology
â1âWhat Are Apologetics, and How do Practical Theologians Get Drawn into Them?
â2âWhen Describing Practice Becomes Advocating for Practice
â3âDemand for Institutional Loyalty and Assimilation
8 Questioning Christianity
â1âChristian Privilege and the Racialization of Religious Identity
â2âStruggling with Normativity and Universality in White Theology
â3âInterreligious Practical Theology and Multiple Religious Belonging
â4âA Somewhat Less-Christian Practical Theological Reflection Cycle
9 Questioning Anthropocentrism
â1âRefuting Theologies of Human Domin[at]ion
â2âRestoring Connection to All Our Relations
â3âLegacy Fears of Heresy and Syncretism
â4âA Somewhat Less-Christian Practical Theological Reflection Cycle
Epilogue: Living the Questions
â1âOriginal Sin, Shameful Hiding, and Right Repentance
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
1 Questioning Oneâs Own Faith
â1âDefining Whiteness and White Supremacy
â2âSalvation beyond White Supremacy
â3âWhy âQuestioningâ?
â4ââYouâll Lose Your Faithâ?
â5âHow to Read This Book
2 Questioning Practice
â1âPractice and the Transmission of Virtue
â2âPractice and Symbolic Violence
â3âAccounting for the Ambivalent Nature of Christian Practice
â4âInnocence, Purity, and Complicity: Reimagining White Christian Practice
3 Questioning Education
â1âTeaching as Universal Mandate for Conversion
â2âEducation, Civilization, and Imperial Force
â3âPedagogical Eternalities and the Education of Children
â4âEducation with Humility
4 Questioning Intervention
â1âThe Role of Intervention in Practical Theological Reflection
â2âAgency, Assumed Control, and the White Savior
â3âIntervention as Religious Meaning-Making
â4âThe Myth of Progress and Salvation as Whiteness
â5âFrom Intervention to Design for Collective Flourishing
5 Questioning Leadership
â1âOn Leaders and Followers
â2âFrom Corporate Rock Star to Interdependent Co-collaborators
â3âThe Paradox of Servant Leadership
â4âDecolonizing and Liberating Leadership
â5âFragment Workers and Poetic Imagination
6 Questioning Congregations
â1âThe Prominence of the Congregation in White Christianity
â2âCongregations as Institutions of Whiteness
â3âDecolonizing Community and Moving beyond Congregations
7 Questioning the Apologetic and Affiliative Function of Practical Theology
â1âWhat Are Apologetics, and How do Practical Theologians Get Drawn into Them?
â2âWhen Describing Practice Becomes Advocating for Practice
â3âDemand for Institutional Loyalty and Assimilation
8 Questioning Christianity
â1âChristian Privilege and the Racialization of Religious Identity
â2âStruggling with Normativity and Universality in White Theology
â3âInterreligious Practical Theology and Multiple Religious Belonging
â4âA Somewhat Less-Christian Practical Theological Reflection Cycle
9 Questioning Anthropocentrism
â1âRefuting Theologies of Human Domin[at]ion
â2âRestoring Connection to All Our Relations
â3âLegacy Fears of Heresy and Syncretism
â4âA Somewhat Less-Christian Practical Theological Reflection Cycle
Epilogue: Living the Questions
â1âOriginal Sin, Shameful Hiding, and Right Repentance
Bibliography
Index
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