Faith and Resistance in the Age of Trump

by Miguel A. De La Torre (Editor)

Overview

Many people of faith have identified the election of Donald Trump as a confessional crisis—a moment that calls into question the deepest meaning of our religious claims and values. This book gathers reflections by a range of scholars and activists from numerous religious and denominational perspectives to address that crisis. Among the themes treated are disability issues, the LGBT community, gender and race, immigration, the environment, peace, and poverty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626982475
Publisher:	Orbis Books
Publication date:	09/14/2017
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.37(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Miguel A. De La Torre is professor of social ethics and Latinx studies at Iliff School of Theology. An ordained Southern Baptist minister, he is the author of 18 books, including Reading the Bible from the Margins, Trails of Hope and Terror, and Introducing Liberative Theologies.

Table of Contents

Contributors xi

Foreword: Sustainability and Solidarity in the Trump Era Jim Wallis xvii

Preface: A Call to Resistance Jacqui J. Lewis xxi

Introduction: !Basta! Miguel A. De La Torre xxvii

1 Make America Truly Great Again Steven Greenberg 1

2 Donald Trump and the "Exceptionalist" Truth about America Kelly Brown Douglas 10

3 No Middle Ground between Collaboration and Resistance John Fife 20

4 National Capitalism: Religious Resonances and Alternatives Joerg Rieger 28

5 Low-Wage Workers and the Struggle for Justice Simone Campbell, SSS 37

6 Water and Racialized Infrastructures in the Era of Trump Christiana Zenner 45

7 Truth, Environment, Trump Roger S. Gottlieb 55

8 Sexual Justice in an Age of Trump Marie Alford-Harkey 63

9 The System Is Rigged Miguel A. De La Torre 72

10 Trump and Changing Geopolitics in Asia-Pacific Kwok Pui-lan 83

11 Who Is My Neighbor? Catholics and the Trump Administration Miguel Díaz 91

12 Why Trump, and What Next? An (Ex-)Evangelical Response David P. Gushee 99

13 American Political Theology in a Post Age: A Perpetual Foreigner and Pentecostal Stance Amos Yong 107

14 American Muslims and the Age of President Trump Amir Hussain 115

15 Jewish Resistances: Trumpism, Holocaustic Memories, and the Paradoxes of New Whiteness Santiago Slabodsky 127

16 Gripping Donald Trump's "Crippled America" Sharon V. Betcher 137

17 Draw the Circle Queerly, Then Draw It Queerer Still Marvin M. Ellison 146

18 White Christian Complicity in Trump's Victory and Responsibility Now for Faith, Resistance, and Healing Jim Wallis 156

19 Feminism in a Reactionary Time Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite 165

20 The Earth, Property, Pipeline, and Resistance: Waylaying Treaties George "Tink" Tinker 174

21 Black Lives Matter and the New Politics: The Search for Politics Beyond Categorical Politicization Asante Todd 183

22 The Asian American Urban Vote: Why Geography Trumped Race and Religion Irene Oh 191

23 Adelante in Difference: Latinxs in the Age of Trump Jacqueline M. Hidalgo 200

24 Is Peace in the Time of Trump Possible? Marie Dennis 208

25 Trump's America: What Will We Do About It? Kelly Brown Douglas 217

Conclusion Miguel A. De La Torre 226

Index 233