1. Categories:
  2. Religious Issues & Debates
  3. Religion & Politics
  4. Christian Books
  5. Cultural Studies
  6. Social Issues & Processes
  7. Social Groups
  8. Ethnic Studies
  9. Black & Asian Studies
  10. Popular Science
White Theology

White Theology : Outing Supremacy in Modernity

 3.86 (15 ratings by Goodreads)
By (author) 

Free delivery worldwide

Available. Dispatched from the UK in 3 business days
When will my order arrive?

Add to basket Add to wishlist

Description

White Theology re-examines white race privilege throughout history and its relationship to black theology. James W. Perkinson articulates a white theology of responsibility responding to the claims of James Cone (and other black scholars) that serious engagement with history and culture must be at the heart of any American projection of integrity or "salvation" in the modern period. Perkinson interweaves autobiography and postcolonial analysis, history, and phenomenology to explore white supremacy and the future of religious studies. This is an essential and groundbreaking book for courses in religious studies, African American studies, and theology.show more

Product details

  • Paperback | 288 pages
  • 137.16 x 213.36 x 17.78mm | 362.87g
  • Palgrave USA
  • Palgrave MacMillan
  • Gordonsville, United States
  • English
  • 2004 ed.
  • biography
  • 1403965846
  • 9781403965844
  • 737,710

People who bought this also bought

A Body Broken, a Body Betrayed

A Body Broken, a Body Betrayed

Paperback

16,88 €

Add to basket
White Privilege

White Privilege

Paperback

54,04 €  54,99 €

Save 0,95 €

Add to basket
Stand Your Ground

Stand Your Ground

Paperback

22,64 €

Add to basket
The Color of Class

The Color of Class

Paperback

21,61 €

Add to basket
Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race

Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race

Paperback

18,69 €

Add to basket
Christology and Whiteness
23%
off

Christology and Whiteness

Paperback

34,58 €  45,49 €

Save 10,91 €

Add to basket
God of the Oppressed

God of the Oppressed

Paperback

20,69 €

Add to basket
Ferguson and Faith

Ferguson and Faith

Paperback

19,28 €

Add to basket
Dear White Christians

Dear White Christians

Paperback

24,74 €

Add to basket
The Cross and the Lynching Tree

The Cross and the Lynching Tree

Paperback

23,37 €  24,49 €

Save 1,12 €

Add to basket
I am Not Your Negro

I am Not Your Negro

Paperback

14,15 €

Add to basket
Tears We Cannot Stop

Tears We Cannot Stop

Hardback

23,51 €

Add to basket
America's Original Sin

America's Original Sin

Hardback

20,75 €

Add to basket
The End of White Christian America

The End of White Christian America

Hardback

27,45 €

Add to basket
The Next American Revolution
11%
off

The Next American Revolution

Paperback

18,12 €  20,49 €

Save 2,37 €

Add to basket
Making a Way Out of No Way

Making a Way Out of No Way

Paperback

22,82 €

Add to basket
Ishmael

Ishmael

Paperback

17,92 €  17,99 €

Save 0,07 €

Add to basket
Black Theology and Black Power

Black Theology and Black Power

Paperback

22,53 €  23,49 €

Save 0,96 €

Add to basket
The Christian Imagination

The Christian Imagination

Paperback

25,93 €  25,99 €

Save 0,06 €

Add to basket
Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church

Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church

Paperback

32,06 €

Add to basket

Bestsellers in Religious Issues & Debates

The Atheist Who Didn't Exist

The Atheist Who Didn't Exist

Paperback

10,85 €  10,99 €

Save 0,14 €

Add to basket
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Political Theology

The Cambridge Companion to Christian Political Theology

Paperback

28,04 €

Add to basket
The Experience of God

The Experience of God

Paperback

16,04 €

Add to basket
Death

Death

Paperback

5,20 €

Add to basket
Jesus in the Talmud

Jesus in the Talmud

Paperback

29,20 €  29,40 €

Save 0,20 €

Add to basket
The Atheist Muslim

The Atheist Muslim

Hardback

25,49 €

Add to basket
The Triune God

The Triune God

Paperback

23,57 €

Add to basket
A God Who Hates

A God Who Hates

Paperback

15,88 €

Add to basket
Not in God's Name

Not in God's Name

Hardback

24,36 €  24,49 €

Save 0,13 €

Add to basket
Man of Peace

Man of Peace

Paperback

37,59 €

Add to basket
Moral, Believing Animals

Moral, Believing Animals

Paperback

16,88 €

Add to basket
The Islamic Jesus

The Islamic Jesus

Hardback

25,46 €  25,49 €

Save 0,03 €

Add to basket
To Change the World
14%
off

To Change the World

Hardback

24,26 €  28,48 €

Save 4,22 €

Add to basket
Understanding Human Dignity

Understanding Human Dignity

Paperback

42,62 €

Add to basket
Radical Reform
22%
off

Radical Reform

Hardback

19,65 €  25,49 €

Save 5,84 €

Add to basket
The Church as a Replacement of Israel: An Analysis of Supersessionism

The Church as a Replacement of Israel: An Analysis of Supersessionism

Hardback

32,48 €  32,70 €

Save 0,22 €

Add to basket
The Precarious Diasporas of Sikh and Ahmadiyya Generations 2016
15%
off

The Precarious Diasporas of Sikh and Ahmadiyya Generations 2016

Hardback

83,30 €  98,99 €

Save 15,69 €

Add to basket
Field Hospital

Field Hospital

Paperback

23,86 €

Add to basket
Lived Theology

Lived Theology

Hardback

28,26 €  28,48 €

Save 0,22 €

Add to basket
The Trace of God

The Trace of God

Paperback

28,05 €  28,48 €

Save 0,43 €

Add to basket
The Triumph of Faith

The Triumph of Faith

Hardback

23,33 €  23,49 €

Save 0,16 €

Add to basket
In Defence of Christianity

In Defence of Christianity

Hardback

68,93 €

Add to basket
Humanism: A Very Short Introduction

Humanism: A Very Short Introduction

Paperback

9,82 €

Add to basket
Flourishing

Flourishing

Paperback

33,02 €

Add to basket
Fighting God

Fighting God

Hardback

25,46 €

Add to basket
Shari'a and Muslim Minorities
15%
off

Shari'a and Muslim Minorities

Hardback

80,30 €  94,49 €

Save 14,19 €

Add to basket
Kosher Jesus

Kosher Jesus

Hardback

27,55 €

Add to basket
Losing My Religion
22%
off

Losing My Religion

Paperback

21,30 €  27,49 €

Save 6,19 €

Add to basket
Challenge and Continuity

Challenge and Continuity

Paperback

unavailable
Notify me
Reason, Faith, and Revolution

Reason, Faith, and Revolution

Paperback

13,27 €

Add to basket
Almost Christian

Almost Christian

Hardback

25,43 €  25,49 €

Save 0,06 €

Add to basket
Rethinking Fundamental Theology

Rethinking Fundamental Theology

Paperback

23,20 €  23,99 €

Save 0,79 €

Add to basket
Contemporary Evolutionary Theories of Culture and the Study of Religion
6%
off

Contemporary Evolutionary Theories of Culture and the Study of Religion

Paperback

33,66 €  35,99 €

Save 2,33 €

Add to basket
The Religious Difference in a Secular Age
18%
off

The Religious Difference in a Secular Age

Paperback

19,22 €  23,70 €

Save 4,48 €

Add to basket
Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer

Hardback

36,89 €  36,99 €

Save 0,10 €

Add to basket
Coming Back to Earth
21%
off

Coming Back to Earth

Paperback

17,27 €  22,00 €

Save 4,73 €

Add to basket
Women and Religious Traditions

Women and Religious Traditions

Paperback

54,25 €

Add to basket
The Price of Freedom Denied

The Price of Freedom Denied

Paperback

28,30 €  28,59 €

Save 0,29 €

Add to basket
God is Great, God is Good

God is Great, God is Good

Paperback

unavailable
Notify me
The God of the Bible and the God of the Philosophers

The God of the Bible and the God of the Philosophers

Hardback

unavailable
Try AbeBooks
Good Disagreement?

Good Disagreement?

Paperback

12,11 €

Add to basket
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Ecology

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Ecology

Hardback

145,62 €

Add to basket
Philosophy of Religion

Philosophy of Religion

Paperback

27,01 €  27,29 €

Save 0,28 €

Add to basket
What I Believe

What I Believe

Hardback

15,04 €

Add to basket
Buddhist Warfare

Buddhist Warfare

Paperback

30,59 €

Add to basket
The Gospel According to Dawkins

The Gospel According to Dawkins

Paperback

11,08 €

Add to basket
A Letter to My Anxious Christian Friends

A Letter to My Anxious Christian Friends

Paperback

14,02 €

Add to basket
This Incredible Need to Believe
9%
off

This Incredible Need to Believe

Paperback

13,98 €  15,49 €

Save 1,51 €

Add to basket
Spiritual Activism

Spiritual Activism

Hardback

24,59 €

Add to basket
Religion and Technology in the 21st Century

Religion and Technology in the 21st Century

Hardback

86,28 €

Add to basket

Other books in this series

White Theology

White Theology

Paperback

40,85 €

Add to basket
Aesthetic Formations

Aesthetic Formations

Paperback

31,64 €  32,99 €

Save 1,35 €

Add to basket
How Hysterical

How Hysterical

Paperback

47,46 €  49,49 €

Save 2,03 €

Add to basket
Representing Religion in World Cinema

Representing Religion in World Cinema

Paperback

52,73 €

Add to basket
Derrida's Bible

Derrida's Bible

Paperback

42,19 €  43,99 €

Save 1,80 €

Add to basket
Feminist New Testament Studies

Feminist New Testament Studies

Paperback

36,91 €

Add to basket
Aesthetic Formations
25%
off

Aesthetic Formations

Hardback

81,74 €  109,99 €

Save 28,25 €

Add to basket
How Hysterical
22%
off

How Hysterical

Hardback

115,69 €  148,50 €

Save 32,81 €

Add to basket
Representing Religion in World Cinema
13%
off

Representing Religion in World Cinema

Hardback

112,46 €  129,99 €

Save 17,53 €

Add to basket
Connected Places
23%
off

Connected Places

Hardback

109,60 €  142,98 €

Save 33,38 €

Add to basket
American Protestants and TV in the 1950s
41%
off

American Protestants and TV in the 1950s

Hardback

64,20 €  109,99 €

Save 45,79 €

Add to basket
Feminist New Testament Studies
23%
off

Feminist New Testament Studies

Hardback

84,37 €  109,99 €

Save 25,62 €

Add to basket
Women's Renunciation in South Asia
14%
off

Women's Renunciation in South Asia

Hardback

74,28 €  86,99 €

Save 12,71 €

Add to basket
Retheorizing Religion in Nepal
23%
off

Retheorizing Religion in Nepal

Hardback

71,85 €  93,49 €

Save 21,64 €

Add to basket
Religion, Gender, and Culture in the Pre-Modern World
20%
off

Religion, Gender, and Culture in the Pre-Modern World

Hardback

79,15 €  98,99 €

Save 19,84 €

Add to basket
The Religious Dimensions of Advertising in the Culture of Consumer Capitalism
23%
off

The Religious Dimensions of Advertising in the Culture of Consumer Capitalism

Hardback

71,85 €  93,49 €

Save 21,64 €

Add to basket
The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion
14%
off

The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion

Hardback

90,12 €  104,99 €

Save 14,87 €

Add to basket
The Religious Dimensions of Advertising
17%
off

The Religious Dimensions of Advertising

Paperback

84,39 €  101,99 €

Save 17,60 €

Add to basket
Connected Places

Connected Places

Paperback

84,39 €

Add to basket
Retheorizing Religion in Nepal

Retheorizing Religion in Nepal

Paperback

84,39 €

Add to basket
  1. Categories:
  2. Religious Issues & Debates
  3. Religion & Politics
  4. Christian Books
  5. Cultural Studies
  6. Social Issues & Processes
  7. Social Groups
  8. Ethnic Studies
  9. Black & Asian Studies
  10. Popular Science

About James W. Perkinson

James Perkinson, Professor of Ethics and Systematic Theology, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, USA.show more

Review quote

"Perkinson does what no white theologian has done, namely offer a full-length treatment of white racism that is politically informed and theologically constructive." - Mark Taylor, Professor of Theology and Culture, Princeton Theological Seminary "In this fascinating and inspiring book, Perkinson accomplishes two things that seem virtually impossible. First, he makes visible the invisible. While Black reality in the United States has been subject to countless analyses, White reality appears to be impossible to grasp. The book reads the latter in light of the former and covers new ground. Second, Perkinson rethinks the basis of transformation. Key are not intention and moral appeal, as is commonly assumed, but the alternative energies and powers that arise in the midst of repression. Rather than painting a bleak picture of life under pressure, the book finds passion and vitality in unexpected places. The result is a profound reshaping of White reality and theology that has the potential to set the stage for things to come." - Joerg Rieger, Professor of Systematic Theology, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University "This book rocks. Jim Perkinson's roots and routes have kept him close to the lived realities, the street syncopations, of the racial divide. His extraordinarily readable theo-poetics shoots pleasure through a painful practice of socio-spiritual anti-supremacism. As a response to generations of African American thought, and particularly libeation and womanist theology, this is a passionate, persuasive and percussive (self)-exploration of whiteness in America." - Catherine Keller, author of Face of the Deep: a theology of becoming. Prof of Constructive Theology, Drew University,The Theological Schoolshow more

Table of contents

White Privilege and Black Power * White Boy in the Ghetto * The Crisis of Race in the New Millennium * History, Consciousness, and Performance * Modern White Supremacy and Western Christian Soteriology * Black Double Consciousness and White Double Takes * Black Performance * Presumption, Initiation, and Practice * White Posture * White Irony and Black Grotesquery * Anti-Supremacist Solidarity and Post-White Practice *show more

Review Text

"Perkinson does what no white theologian has done, namely offer a full-length treatment of white racism that is politically informed and theologically constructive." - Mark Taylor, Professor of Theology and Culture, Princeton Theological Seminary "In this fascinating and inspiring book, Perkinson accomplishes two things that seem virtually impossible. First, he makes visible the invisible. While Black reality in the United States has been subject to countless analyses, White reality appears to be impossible to grasp. The book reads the latter in light of the former and covers new ground. Second, Perkinson rethinks the basis of transformation. Key are not intention and moral appeal, as is commonly assumed, but the alternative energies and powers that arise in the midst of repression. Rather than painting a bleak picture of life under pressure, the book finds passion and vitality in unexpected places. The result is a profound reshaping of White reality and theology that has the potential to set the stage for things to come." - Joerg Rieger, Professor of Systematic Theology, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University "This book rocks. Jim Perkinson's roots and routes have kept him close to the lived realities, the street syncopations, of the racial divide. His extraordinarily readable theo-poetics shoots pleasure through a painful practice of socio-spiritual anti-supremacism. As a response to generations of African American thought, and particularly libeation and womanist theology, this is a passionate, persuasive and percussive (self)-exploration of whiteness in America." - Catherine Keller, author of Face of the Deep: a theology of becoming. Prof of Constructive Theology, Drew University,The Theological Schoolshow more

Rating details

15 ratings
3.86 out of 5 stars
5 33% (5)
4 27% (4)
3 33% (5)
2 7% (1)
1 0% (0)
Book ratings by Goodreads
Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers with over 50 million reviews. We're featuring millions of their reader ratings on our book pages to help you find your new favourite book. Close X