{"product_id":"public-religions-in-the-future-world-postsecularism-and-utopia-9780820360645","title":"Public Religions in the Future World: Postsecularism and Utopia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublic Religions in the Future World \u003c\/i\u003eis the first book to map the utopian terrain of the political-religious movements of the past four decades. Examining a politically diverse set of utopian fictions, this book cuts across the usual Right\/Left political divisions to show a surprising convergence: each political-religious vision imagines a revived world of care and community over and against the economization and fragmentation of neoliberalism. Understanding these religions as utopian movements in reaction to neoliberalism, \u003ci\u003ePublic Religions\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to rethink the bases of religious identification and practice. Offering new insights on texts from the \u003ci\u003eLeft Behind\u003c\/i\u003e series to the novels of Octavia Butler, \u003ci\u003ePublic Religions \u003c\/i\u003eshows that the utopian energy of the present opens new opportunities for political organizing and genuine, lasting community building. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublic Religions\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ein the Future World \u003c\/i\u003epresents a literary history of the political-religious present, arguing that the power of public religion lies in the utopian visions that underlie religious beliefs. It shows that contemporary literary utopianism is deeply inflected with religious ideas, with the visions, values, and ambitions of Christianity, Islam, nature mysticism, and other traditions. Further, \u003ci\u003ePublic Religions \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates that this utopianism's religiosity is in turn politically inflected, that it resonates with and underwrites a range of competing political projects: those of imperialism, globalization, neoliberal capitalism, deep ecology, and the pro-migration movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Morris constructs a working theory of how religion makes large-scale interventions in political debates. The novels in his study draw on religious traditions to articulate visions, programs, or missions for achieving some version of an improved world. In doing so, they undertake the work of literary postmodernism: to represent globality, to recover the voices of the underrepresented, and to imagine a future that escapes the destructiveness of global capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Since 1970: Histories of Contemporary America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820360645","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44135075610761,"sku":"9780820360645","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_c15cd431-db1f-4de6-aed7-3e5328b99f22.jpg?v=1748394186","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/public-religions-in-the-future-world-postsecularism-and-utopia-9780820360645","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}