Decolonizing Development and Religion
Theoretical Frameworks, Case Studies, and Theological Models
Published on 30. May 2025
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Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-334-06631-6 (ISBN)
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Discourses of development have been part of the modern world, for good or for ill. In the past, various colonialisms have been justified by the notion of development, but so have efforts to provide alternatives to colonization.
In this volume, present-day development and decolonial discourses are engaged together from a plurality of perspectives from various continents around the globe. In the chapters that follow, the work of junior and senior scholars enters into conversation around specific communities that exist in the tensions of traditional and capitalist economies and religions, providing models of flourishing that produce alternatives to the prevalent neoliberal models of development that are wedded to neocolonial economic, political, and religious structures.
Part of a new series of volumes co-published with the Council for World Mission's DARE (Discernment And Radical Engagement) programme.
In this volume, present-day development and decolonial discourses are engaged together from a plurality of perspectives from various continents around the globe. In the chapters that follow, the work of junior and senior scholars enters into conversation around specific communities that exist in the tensions of traditional and capitalist economies and religions, providing models of flourishing that produce alternatives to the prevalent neoliberal models of development that are wedded to neocolonial economic, political, and religious structures.
Part of a new series of volumes co-published with the Council for World Mission's DARE (Discernment And Radical Engagement) programme.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
498 gr
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978-0-334-06631-6 (9780334066316)
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Theoretical Frameworks, Case Studies, and Theological Models
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Joerg Rieger is the founding director of the Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice at Vanderbilt Divinity School and Distinguished Professor of Theology at Vanderbilt University.
Sanjana Das is an independent researcher, biblical scholar, feminist theologian and development practitioner who promotes solutions to work towards a just society which affirms the dignity and personhood of women, children and communities on the margins.
Sanjana Das is an independent researcher, biblical scholar, feminist theologian and development practitioner who promotes solutions to work towards a just society which affirms the dignity and personhood of women, children and communities on the margins.
Content
Contributors vii
Preface xi
Jooseop Keum
Introduction: Decolonizing Development and Religion for Good xiii
Joerg Rieger (United States and Germany)
Part 1: Frameworks
1 Cooperatives and Decolonization: Exploring a Key Source of Economic Stability, Solidarity and Survival 3
Jamin Andreas Huebner (United States)
2 Decolonizing Knowledge Systems in Development and Theology 28
Sanjana Das (India and Singapore)
Part 2: Case Studies
3 The Liberative Potentials of Philippine Itneg Women's Ministry in Reconstructing a Theology of Development 57
Ma. Glovedi Joy L. Bigornia (Philippines)
4 MotugG'afa: Timely Reflections on Colonial Developments in the Pacific 74
Faafetai Aiava (Fiji)
5 De-imperializing 'Development as Happiness' by Re-Appropriating Atepzung: A Southeast Asian Massif
Experience 87
Shiluinla Jamir (India)
6 The Resilience of Indigenous Women in the Midst of Development 103
Moakumla Longkumer (India)
Part 3: Theological Models
7 'Sola' Mining, 'Sola' Profit, 'Sola' Development Gloria: Extractivist Theology and Heretical Spiritualities 127
Nancy Cardoso (Brazil) (translated by Francis McDonagh)
8 The Brazilian Favelas: Territories that Challenges Us to Think about the Meaning of Liberation in Contemporary Latin American Neoliberal Society 144
Priscila Silva (Brazil)
9 Land, Labour and Liberation: Conversion, Theosis and Material Pneumatology in the Capitalocene 158
Luke Larner (Great Britain)
Part 4: Specific Challenges
10 Postcolonial Reparation: Reading Fanon with Aquinas for Postcolonial Nations' New Humanity 185
Hendrawan Wijoyo (United States and Indonesia)
11 Freedom of Religion and Expression of Faith for Incarcerated LGBTI+ People in Brazil 211
Heloisa Melino and Fernando Lannes Fernandes (Brazil)
12 Can the Subaltern Code?: AI Ethics and Liberation Theology 229
Matthew Elmore (United States)
Preface xi
Jooseop Keum
Introduction: Decolonizing Development and Religion for Good xiii
Joerg Rieger (United States and Germany)
Part 1: Frameworks
1 Cooperatives and Decolonization: Exploring a Key Source of Economic Stability, Solidarity and Survival 3
Jamin Andreas Huebner (United States)
2 Decolonizing Knowledge Systems in Development and Theology 28
Sanjana Das (India and Singapore)
Part 2: Case Studies
3 The Liberative Potentials of Philippine Itneg Women's Ministry in Reconstructing a Theology of Development 57
Ma. Glovedi Joy L. Bigornia (Philippines)
4 MotugG'afa: Timely Reflections on Colonial Developments in the Pacific 74
Faafetai Aiava (Fiji)
5 De-imperializing 'Development as Happiness' by Re-Appropriating Atepzung: A Southeast Asian Massif
Experience 87
Shiluinla Jamir (India)
6 The Resilience of Indigenous Women in the Midst of Development 103
Moakumla Longkumer (India)
Part 3: Theological Models
7 'Sola' Mining, 'Sola' Profit, 'Sola' Development Gloria: Extractivist Theology and Heretical Spiritualities 127
Nancy Cardoso (Brazil) (translated by Francis McDonagh)
8 The Brazilian Favelas: Territories that Challenges Us to Think about the Meaning of Liberation in Contemporary Latin American Neoliberal Society 144
Priscila Silva (Brazil)
9 Land, Labour and Liberation: Conversion, Theosis and Material Pneumatology in the Capitalocene 158
Luke Larner (Great Britain)
Part 4: Specific Challenges
10 Postcolonial Reparation: Reading Fanon with Aquinas for Postcolonial Nations' New Humanity 185
Hendrawan Wijoyo (United States and Indonesia)
11 Freedom of Religion and Expression of Faith for Incarcerated LGBTI+ People in Brazil 211
Heloisa Melino and Fernando Lannes Fernandes (Brazil)
12 Can the Subaltern Code?: AI Ethics and Liberation Theology 229
Matthew Elmore (United States)