Political Spirituality in an Age of Eco-Apocalypse

PART I: PERSONAL INTRODUCTIONS: THE POLITICS AND ECO-LOGICS OF "SPIRITUAL" COMMUNICATION 1. From Sycamore Trees to Human Destiny: Reading the Wild at the Crossroads of Globalization and Apocalypse PART II: THE QUESTION IN THE BIBLICAL TRADITION: COMMUNICATION AND RESISTANCE 2. Cain's Offering and Abel's Cry: Reading Sabbath-Jubilee at the Crossroads of Farming and Foraging 3. Wild Weeds and Imperial Trees: Reading a Messianic Parable at the Crossroads of Settlement and the Wild PART III: THE QUESTION AND THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION: COMMUNICATION AND EMPIRE 4. Sinai Bush and Jordanian Dove Meet Haitian Snake and Amazonian Vine: Reading Christology at the Crossroads of Empire and Ecology 5. Christian Supremacy and Indigenous Savvy: Reading Race at the Crossroads of Europe and the Americas PART IV: THE QUESTION IN MODERNITY: COMMUNICATION AMONG THE SUBORDINATED 6. Underneath Guadalupe; Inside Ezili: Reading Possession at the Crossroads of Performance and Terror 7. Praying with the Corn/Playing on the Horn: Reading Jazz at the Crossroads of the Country and the City PART V: THE QUESTION IN POST-MODERNITY: COMMUNICATION AND GLOBALIZATION 8. DJ Qbert as Cyber-Maniac Shaman: Reading Dee-Jaying at the Crossroads of Tradition and Information 9. Grammar of Spirit Inside De-Industrial Ferment: Reading Hip-Hop Beats at the Crossroads of Blight and Order PART VI: PERSONAL CONCLUSION: COMMUNICATION AND SPIRITUALITY IN POST-COLONIAL PARTNERSHIP 10. Thinking from the Diaspora Back Toward the Homeland: Reading Humanity at the Crossroads of Alliance and Extinction.

James Perkinson, Professor of Ethics and Systematic Theology, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, USA.