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Black Transhuman Liberation Theology - (Bloomsbury Studies in Black Religion and Cultures) by Philip Butler (Paperback)

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  • Mediating Black religious studies, spirituality studies, and liberation theology, Philip Butler explores what might happen if Black people in the United States merged technology and spirituality in their fight towards materializing liberating realities.
  • About the Author: Philip Butler is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University, USA
  • 224 Pages
  • Religion + Beliefs, Religion & Science
  • Series Name: Bloomsbury Studies in Black Religion and Cultures

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Mediating Black religious studies, spirituality studies, and liberation theology, Philip Butler explores what might happen if Black people in the United States merged technology and spirituality in their fight towards materializing liberating realities.

The discussions shaping what it means for humans to exist with technology and as part of technology are already underway: transhumanism suggests that any use of technology to augment intellectual, psychological, or physical capability makes one transhuman. In an attempt to encourage Black people in the United States to become technological progenitors as a spiritual act, Butler asks whether anyone has ever been 'just' human? Butler then explores the implications of this question and its link to viewing the body as technology.

Re-imagining incarnation as a relationship between vitality, biochemistry, and genetics, the book also takes a critical scientific approach to understanding the biological embodiment of Black spiritual practices. It shows how current and emerging technologies might align with the generative biological states of Black spiritualities in order to concretely disrupt and dismantle oppressive societal structures.



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[Black Transhuman Liberation Theology] is full of seminal insights on a variety of subjects, including-in addition to African spirituality and black liberation theology-the impact of specific technologies ranging from cell phones to neurophysiology on human and societal development and values. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
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[This book] promotes a fresh approach towards the discourse of Black liberation theology. . . . It directs Black liberation theology through a different path, advancing Black transhuman liberation theology as a concept that pays less attention to the past, emphasizing instead, empowerment and liberation possibilities in the future by combining technology and spirituality.
Dulcie Dixon McKenzie, Director of the Centre for Black Theology, The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Foundation, UK

I expect Butler's work will inspire many important conversations ... This work should be read widely. In addition to all practitioners and scholars of transhumanism, Black theology, and philosophy of religion, it will be of interest to many, including those in the fields of cognitive science of religion, critical theory and critical race theory, posthumanism, contemplative studies, new materialisms, and spirituality studies.
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About the Author



Philip Butler is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University, USA
Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .46 Inches (D)
Weight: .69 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 224
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Sub-Genre: Religion & Science
Series Title: Bloomsbury Studies in Black Religion and Cultures
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Author: Philip Butler
Language: English
Street Date: June 17, 2021
TCIN: 92052667
UPC: 9781350266766
Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-6099
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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