Religious Experience and New Materialism

Karen Bray, Drew University, USAClayton Crockett, University of Central Arkansas, USATamsin Jones, Trinity College, USAKimerer L. LaMothe, Brown University and Harvard University, USA (emeritus) Kevin Minister, College of Arts and Sciences at Shenandoah University, USAJohn Reader, University of Chester, UKJeffrey W. Robbins, Lebanon Valley College, USA

'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

• Introduction; Tamsin Jones1. 'Becoming a Bodily Self: An Econkinetic Approach to the Study of Religion'; Kimerer L. LaMothe2. 'Organizing Conversions: Theorizing the Religious Experience of Conversion with New Materialisms'; Kevin Minister3. 'Ecology and Social Movements: The New Materialism and Relational Christian Realism'; Clayton Crockett and John Reader4. 'Becoming Feces: New Materialism and the Deep Solidarity in Feeling Like Shit'; Karen Bray5. 'Rethinking the New Materialism for Religion and Theology: Why Movements Matter Most'; Joerg RiegerResponse: 'On the Virtue and Variety of Movement'; Jeffrey W. RobbinsConclusion; Edward Waggoner