Introduction: Religion and Method

[...] Hickman's "Globalization and the Gods, or the Political Theology of 'Race'" argues that the emerging theory of globalized modernity in post-secular theory can fruitfully recast the critical history of "race" as a cosmic drama. Race plays a pivotal role in tha...

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Published inEarly American literature Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 1 - 29
Main Authors STEIN, JORDAN ALEXANDER, MURISON, JUSTINE S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 01.01.2010
The University of North Carolina Press
Subjects
American literature
American studies
Anthropology
Christianity
Colonial literature
Essays
Globalization
Historical text analysis
Methods
Narratives
Periodical publishing
Politics
Puritanism
Religion
Religious literature
Religious practices
Religious studies
Scholars
Services
Theology
Theory
United States history
United States
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Summary:[...] Hickman's "Globalization and the Gods, or the Political Theology of 'Race'" argues that the emerging theory of globalized modernity in post-secular theory can fruitfully recast the critical history of "race" as a cosmic drama. Race plays a pivotal role in that it exemplifies this metacosmic attempt to imagine the globe. Because "race" always failed to be properly scientific, Hickman contends, we must look elsewhere for its organizational power and definitional meaning.
ISSN:0012-8163
1534-147X
1534-147X
DOI:10.1353/eal.0.0087