Constructive Theology from Postcolonial and Decolonial Perspectives : Unsettling Empire

This edited collection deconstructs and reimagines the major doctrines of the Christian faith from various postcolonial and decolonial perspectives. Across nineteen chapters, Eleazar S. Fernandez and the contributors respond to the need for a postcolonial critique of religion, particularly Christianity.Each essay, through the postcolonial optic, names a salient classical point of Christian doctrine, exposing and deconstructing hegemonic ideas and practices, and articulating theologies that decolonize, as well as construct, liberating ways of thinking, dwelling, and acting for the sake of our shared flourishing.By bringing together scholars from around the world, each with unique experiences of colonialism, this volume offers a rich and nuanced discussion of the colonial histories that shape Christianity and the ripe post/decolonial futures that await us.Ultimately, this book responds to Christianity's continued entanglements with empire, racism, patriarchy, and neoliberalism, calling for a theological reckoning which goes beyond critique toward the construction of liberating alternatives.