Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism by Jonathan Tran (English) P

Description: Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism by Jonathan Tran Any serious consideration of Asian American life forces us to reframe the way we talk about racism and antiracism. The current emphasis on racial identity obscures the political economic basis that makes racialized life in America legible. This is especially true when it comes to Asian Americans. This book reframes the conversation in terms of what has been called FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Any serious consideration of Asian American life forces us to reframe the way we talk about racism and antiracism. There are two contemporary approaches to antiracist theory and practice. The first emphasizes racial identity to the exclusion of political economy, making racialized life in America illegible. This approachs prevalence, in the academy and beyond, now rises to the level of established doctrine. The second approach views racial identity as the functionof a particular political economy--what is called Author Biography Jonathan Tran is Professor of Theology and Ethics at Baylor University where he holds the George W. Baines Chair of Religion. Table of Contents Preface and Note on MethodIntroductionPart I: The Delta ChineseChapter 1: Remythologizing the Model Minority Myth: The Chinese QuestionChapter 2: A Moving Picture of Racial CapitalismChapter 3: Becoming White in the White/Black BinaryPart II: Redeemer Community ChurchChapter 4: Redeemer Community Church and All That Lies BeneathChapter 5: Deep Economy: Daysprings DoxologyChapter 6: Rise University Preparatory and the Politics of HopePostscript: Beyond MarxismBibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex Review An engaging, interdisciplinary, and energetic reconsideration of Asian American identity, racial capitalism, and Christian theology, the book is highly recommended to readers interested in broader questions of race, religion, and political economy. * Rachel Haejin Lim, Sociology of Religion *This is an excellent read for all whose research intersects between Christian theology, sociology of religion, qualitative research, and Asian American studies. * Calida Chu, International Journal of Public Theology *This compelling book is a singular intervention in our current reckoning with racism and contemporary debates about antiracism. At once provocative and measured, Trans book is a feat: a careful argument that is also a bombshell. He shows us the insidious way capitalism breeds competition amongst the exploited, but also how Christian theology, in conversation with Marxism, imagines a hope beyond racial capitalism. I am still reeling from reading this. * James K.A. Smith, Professor of philosophy, Calvin University, author of On the Road with Saint Augustine and The Nicene Option: An Incarnational Phenomenology *This well-researched book demonstrates that discourse on race and racism that fails to attend to class and political economy is only skin deep. Combining rich ethnographic data and vigorous theoretic discussion, Dr. Tran advances a theory of racial capitalist economy to interpret Asian American experience and their Christian practices that is innovative and compelling. It deserves to be widely read and debated! * Kwok Pui-lan, Candler School of Theology, Emory University *Jonathan Trans remarkable book breaks new conceptual ground in the analysis of race, racism and religion in the United States by providing a fearless critique of how standard scripts about racial identity, even when enunciated by those who claim to be fighting injustice most emphatically, simply reinstantiate what they are claiming to overcome. The problem is that these well-meaning discourses obscure what most needs exposure: the economic substructure which keeps the problematic core racial binary in place, and at the same time relegates those who do not conform to that binary (specifically, Asian Americans) into a strange place of collusion or further marginalization. But Tran is no standard neo-Marxist, either: through a rich use of comparative ethnographic studies he is able to show how Christianitys core meanings, when truly activated politically, can still change these narratives and also their outcomes. * Sarah Coakley, Australian Catholic University *Trans theoretical analysis of Asian American life through the lens of racial capitalism gains real empirical density by foregrounding the oral histories of the Delta Chinese of Mississippi and of Asian American coalitions working in black communities of San Francisco. An essential read for Asian American studies in religion and theology, and for race theory approaches open to reflections on racial capitalism. * Mark Lewis Taylor, Author of The Theological and the Political: On the Weight of the World *Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism is a gift we didnt know we needed until we received it. * Jason Micheli, Christian Century *Scholars interested in religion and politics will have much to gain from this important text. * Colton Bernasol, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Religious Studies Review *I must say that the book was an incredibly stimulating read. Methodologically, it does a wonderful job of using oral history and ethnography to engage deeply theological and ethical questions. * Alexander Chow, Studies in Christian Ethics 36 *The text is an important read for those who are engaged in theology in the public sphere. I also encourage academics teaching courses on justice and practical theology to consider this as a resource. * Anupama Ranawana, Modern Believing * Long Description Any serious consideration of Asian American life forces us to reframe the way we talk about racism and antiracism. There are two contemporary approaches to antiracist theory and practice. The first emphasizes racial identity to the exclusion of political economy, making racialized life in America illegible. This approachs prevalence, in the academy and beyond, now rises to the level of established doctrine. The second approach views racial identity as the functionof a particular political economy--what is called Review Text "This is an excellent read for all whose research intersects between Christian theology, sociology of religion, qualitative research, and Asian American studies." -- Calida Chu, International Journal of Public Theology"This compelling book is a singular intervention in our current reckoning with racism and contemporary debates about antiracism. At once provocative and measured, Trans book is a feat: a careful argument that is also a bombshell. He shows us the insidious way capitalism breeds competition amongst the exploited, but also how Christian theology, in conversation with Marxism, imagines a hope beyond racial capitalism. I am still reeling from reading this." --James K.A. Smith, Professor of philosophy, Calvin University, author of On the Road with Saint Augustine and The Nicene Option: An Incarnational Phenomenology"This well-researched book demonstrates that discourse on race and racism that fails to attend to class and political economy is only skin deep. Combining rich ethnographic data and vigorous theoretic discussion, Dr. Tran advances a theory of racial capitalist economy to interpret Asian American experience and their Christian practices that is innovative and compelling. It deserves to be widely read and debated!" -- Kwok Pui-lan, Candler School of Theology,Emory University"Jonathan Trans remarkable book breaks new conceptual ground in the analysis of race, racism and religion in the United States by providing a fearless critique of how standard scripts about racial identity, even when enunciated by those who claim to be fighting injustice most emphatically, simply reinstantiate what they are claiming to overcome. The problem is that these well-meaning discourses obscure what most needs exposure: the economic substructurewhich keeps the problematic core racial binary in place, and at the same time relegates those who do not conform to that binary (specifically, Asian Americans) into a strange place of collusion orfurther marginalization. But Tran is no standard neo-Marxist, either: through a rich use of comparative ethnographic studies he is able to show how Christianitys core meanings, when truly activated politically, can still change these narratives and also their outcomes." -- Sarah Coakley, Australian Catholic University"Trans theoretical analysis of Asian American life through the lens of racial capitalism gains real empirical density by foregrounding the oral histories of the Delta Chinese of Mississippi and of Asian American coalitions working in black communities of San Francisco. An essential read for Asian American studies in religion and theology, and for race theory approaches open to reflections on racial capitalism." -- Mark Lewis Taylor, Author of The Theologicaland the Political: On the Weight of the World Review Quote This well-researched book demonstrates that discourse on race and racism that fails to attend to class and political economy is only skin deep. Combining rich ethnographic data and vigorous theoretic discussion, Dr. Tran advances a theory of racial capitalist economy to interpret Asian American experience and their Christian practices that is innovative and compelling. It deserves to be widely read and debated! Feature Selling point: Presents a novel way of thinking about and approaching American racism and antiracismSelling point: Situates Asian Americans at the center of its analysisSelling point: Utilizes two extended cases (nineteenth-century Chinese Americans in the American South and a religious based community in present-day San Francisco) Details ISBN0197617913 Author Jonathan Tran Language English ISBN-10 0197617913 ISBN-13 9780197617915 Format Paperback Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations 6 b/w diagrams Year 2022 Publication Date 2022-01-05 NZ Release Date 2022-01-05 US Release Date 2022-01-05 UK Release Date 2022-01-05 Series AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion Affiliation Head of Extreme Events and Health Protection Section, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England, UK Position Professor of Theology and Ethics Illustrator Jon Stuart Edited by Aniko Liptak Birth 1955 Death 1950 Qualifications R.N., B.S.N., Ocn Alternative 9780197587904 DEWEY 305.895073 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2022-03-16 Pages 368 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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