Religious Experience and New Materialism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • Tamsin Jones

   Pages 1-23

3. Becoming a Bodily Self

   • Kimerer L. LaMothe

   Pages 25-53

4. Organizing Bodies

   • Kevin Minister

   Pages 55-81

5. Ecology and Social Movements

   • Clayton Crockett, John Reader

   Pages 83-103

6. Becoming Feces

   • Karen Bray

   Pages 105-133

7. Rethinking the New Materialism for Religion and Theology

   • Joerg Rieger

   Pages 135-156

8. Response

   • Jeffrey W. Robbins

   Pages 157-171

9. Conclusion

   • Edward Waggoner

   Pages 173-181

10. Back Matter

    Pages 183-191

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In this groundbreaking volume, theologians and scholars of religion criticize and refine new materialist views, to advance debate about the role of religious experience in social and political change.

• new materialism
• materialism
• religious experience
• religion
• theology
• religious studies
• affect
• religion and society

'From its birth, New Materialism has fostered intense attention and debate: is it materialist, is it new, can it produce a more radical theology? Here, chapters lock horns over the heart and bodies of the New Materialist program, emphasizing the topics of religion and activism. The authors, undercutting established dualisms, offer both advocacy and critical dialogue. This is an important contribution to this new school of thought.' - Philip Clayton, Claremont School of Theology, USA

Karen Bray, Drew University, USA Clayton Crockett, University of Central Arkansas, USA Tamsin Jones, Trinity College, USA Kimerer L. LaMothe, Brown University and Harvard University, USA (emeritus) Kevin Minister, College of Arts and Sciences at Shenandoah University, USA John Reader, University of Chester, UK Jeffrey W. Robbins, Lebanon Valley College, USA

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