Identity, Ethics, and Nonviolence in Postcolonial Theory

Abraham argues that a theological imagination can expand the contours of postcolonial theory through a reexamination of notions of subjectivity, gender, and violence in a dialogical model with Karl Rahner. She questions of whether postcolonial theory, with its disavowal of religious agency, can provide an invigorating occasion for Catholic theology. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: NEGOTIATING CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY IN THE POSTCOLONY Introduction Cultural Identity in Homi Bhabha's The Location of Culture Theological Identity in Karl Rahner Hybrid Religious Strategies: 'Hearing the Word' in the Postcolony Conclusion PART II: EMBODIED ETHICS AND LOVE IN THE POSTCOLONY Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Postcolonial Feminist Ethics Existential Ethics in Karl Rahner: the Fundamental Option Embodying Love as the Singular Caress of the Doer of the Word Conclusion PART III: MYSTICISM AND SPIRITUALITY OF NONVIOLENCE IN THE POSTCOLONY Ashis Nandy and Critical Traditionalism Indifferent Freedom in Karl Rahner Seeking the Eternal in the Intimate: Nonviolent Spirituality as Practice of Theory Conclusion