Entangled Worlds: Religion, Science, and New Materialisms

Published by Fordham University Press 2017

Entangled Worlds

Religion, Science, and New Materialisms

Edited by: Catherine Keller and Mary-Jane Rubenstein

In the series Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823276240

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About this book

This collection examines the intersections of religion and “new” materialisms. Calling upon an interdisciplinary throng of scholars in science studies, religious studies, and theology, it assembles a multiplicity of experimental perspectives on materiality: what is matter, how does it materialize, and what sort of worlds are enacted in its varied entanglements with divinity?

Author / Editor information

Keller Catherine :

Catherine Keller is George T. Cobb Professor of Constructive Theology in the Theological School and Graduate Division of Religion at Drew University. Recent books include Cloud of the Impossible: Negative Theology and Planetary Entanglement; On the Mystery: Discerning Divinity in Process; Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming; and Ecospirit: Theologies and Philosophies of the Earth (Fordham).Rubenstein Mary-Jane :

Mary-Jane Rubenstein is Professor of Religion at Wesleyan University, where she is also core faculty in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and affiliated faculty in the Science in Society Program.

Catherine Keller is George T. Cobb Professor of Constructive Theology in the Theological School and Graduate Division of Religion at Drew University. Recent books include Cloud of the Impossible: Negative Theology and Planetary Entanglement; On the Mystery: Discerning Divinity in Process; Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming; and Ecospirit: Theologies and Philosophies of the Earth (Fordham).

Mary-Jane Rubenstein is Professor of Religion at Wesleyan University, where she is also core faculty in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and affiliated faculty in the Science in Society Program.

Reviews

—Karmen MacKendrick:
As new understandings of matter and materialism continue to gain visibility and generate interest, Entangled Worlds makes an essential contribution: While theorists of materialism often assume that science and religious thought are at odds, the essays collected here demonstrate that a sophisticated understanding of theology and religion enriches our understanding of materiality in its full liveliness and complexity. A focus on materiality, in turn, changes and enriches theology. These smart and well written essays will be invaluable to readers across both the humanities and sciences.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Tangled Matters Catherine Keller and Mary-Jane Rubenstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
MATTER, ANEW
What Flashes Up: Theological-Political-Scientific Fragments Karen Barad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Vegetal Life and Onto-Sympathy Jane Bennett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Tingles of Matter, Tangles of Theology Catherine Keller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Agents Matter and Matter Agents: Interpretation and Value from Cells to Gaia Philip Clayton and Elizabeth Singleton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
THE MATTER OF RELIGION
The Matter with Pantheism: On Shepherds and Goat-Gods and Mountains and Monsters Mary-Jane Rubenstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Material Subjects, Immaterial Bodies: Abhinavagupta’s Panentheist Matter Loriliai Biernacki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
Theophanic Materiality: Political Ecology, Inhuman Touch, and the Art of Andy Goldsworthy Jacob J. Erickson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Interdisciplinary Ethics: From Astro-Theology to Cosmo-Liberation Theology Theodore Walker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Vascularizing the Study of Religion: Multi-Agent Figurations and Cosmopolitics Manuel A. Vásquez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
ETHICOPOLITICAL ENTANGLEMENTS
Stubborn Materiality: African American Religious Naturalism and Becoming Our Humanity Carol Wayne White Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Grace in Intra-action: Complementarity and the Noncircular Gift Terra S. Rowe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
The Door of No Return: An Africana Reading of Complexity Elías Ortega-Aponte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
The Trouble with Commonality: Theology, Evolutionary Theory, and Creaturely Kinship Beatrice Marovich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEOLOGICAL COLLOQUIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335

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Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Pages
- Main content: 344
Keywords: Karen Barad; Jane Bennett; religious studies; Theology; New Materialism; political theory; quantum entanglement; political ecology; pantheism; panentheism; religion and science; Christian Materialism

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Published: August 8, 2017
ISBN: 9780823276240