Religious Resistance to Neoliberalism

Keri Day is Associate Professor of Theological and Social Ethics and Director of Black Church Studies at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, USA. Her previous publication includes Unfinished Business: Black Women, The Black Church, and the Struggle to Thrive in America (2012).

'Keri Day insightfully probes the role of religion in neoliberalism, incorporating a fresh, exciting, politicized understanding of the erotic. Trenchant critiques of neoliberalism foreground some of the most socioeconomically vulnerable populations. US womanist and black feminist ideas alongside European theorists productively aid Day's re-envisioning of human flourishing in economic life. Concrete examples and clarity of writing make this a great text for the classroom.' - Traci C. West, Professor of Ethics and African American Studies, Drew University Theological School, USA 'Day argues persuasively that an appropriate response to neoliberalism requires religious imagination grounded in Jewish, Christian, and black feminist and womanist religio-cultural perspectives. Day envisions local beloved communities as the crux of a new global order. This book can be used in both seminary classrooms and doctoral seminars because Day expertly uses theories and cultural artifacts to craft religious ethical reflection that informs and inspires us to flourish as moral agents and communities in the twenty-first century.' - Marcia Y. Riggs, J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics, Columbia Theological Seminary, USA

• Introduction: Neoliberalism and the Religious Imagination1. The Myth of Progress2. Resisting the Acquiring Mode3. Loss of the Erotic 4. Love as a Concrete Revolutionary Practice 5. Hope as Social Practice Conclusion: Radicalizing Hope: Beloved Communities Bibliography