{"product_id":"god-is-change-religious-practices-and-ideologies-in-the-works-of-octavia-butler-9781439921128","title":"God is Change: Religious Practices and Ideologies in the Works of Octavia Butler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThroughout her work, Octavia E. Butler explored, critiqued, and created religious ideology. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer prescient thoughts on the synergy between politics and religion in America are evident in her 1993 dystopian novel, \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower\u003c\/i\u003e, and its 1998 sequel, \u003ci\u003eParable of the Talents.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey explored, respectively, what happens during a divisive \"cultural war\" that unjustly impacts the disenfranchised, and the rise of a fascistic president, allied with white fundamentalist Christianity, who chants the slogan, \"Make America Great Again.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut religion, for Butler, need not be a restricting force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe editors of and contributors to \u003ci\u003eGod Is Change\u003c\/i\u003e heighten our appreciation for the range and depth of Butler's thinking about spirituality and religion, as well as how Butler's work-especially the \u003ci\u003eParable\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eXenogenesis\u003c\/i\u003e series resources for healing and community building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEssays consider the role of spirituality in Butler's canon and the themes of confronting trauma as well as experiencing transformation and freedom. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGod Is Change\u003c\/i\u003e meditates on alternate religious possibilities that open different political and cultural futures to illustrate humanity's ability to endure change and thrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aparajita Nanda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.98w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439921128\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAparajita Nanda\u003c\/b\u003e, recipient of a Visiting Associate Professorship at the University of California, Berkeley, now teaches at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eEthnic Literatures and Transnationalism: Critical Imaginaries for a Global Age\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Black California: A Literary Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e; and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Strangled Cry: The Communication and Experience of Trauma and Romancing the Strange: The Fiction of Kunal Basu\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShelby L. Crosby\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Memphis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39826699550835,"sku":"9781439921128","price":46.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0bcc5ab5-b46e-47ae-ae0f-ec94f1064bfc.jpg?v=1644553993","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/god-is-change-religious-practices-and-ideologies-in-the-works-of-octavia-butler-9781439921128","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}