Gospel Jesuses and Other Nonhumans : Biblical Criticism Post-Poststructuralism

The Current Global Ecological Crisis Has Prompted A Turn To The Nonhuman In Critical Theory. This Book Breaks New Ground In Biblical Studies As The First To Bring Nonhuman Theory To Bear On The Gospels And Acts. Nonhuman Theory, A Confluence Of Several Of The Main Theoretical Streams That Have Issued Forth Since The Heyday Of High Poststructuralism, Includes Affect Theory, Posthuman Animality Studies, Critical Plant Studies, Object-oriented New Materialisms, And Assemblage Theory. Nonhuman Theory Dismantles And Reassembles The Western Concept Of The Human That Coalesced During The Enlightenment And Testifies To Other Conceptions Of The Human And Of The Nonhuman, Not Least Those Found In The Canonical Gospels And Acts. Stephen D. Moore's Exegetical Explorations And Defamiliarizations Of These Overly Familiar Texts And Excavations Of Their Incessantly Erased Strangeness Are The Central Feature Of This Provocative Book.-- Introduction (and Conclusion) : Posts Passed, Turns Taken -- Why The Risen Body Weeps -- The Messiah Who Screamed -- The Dog-woman Of Canaan And Other Animal Tales -- The Inhuman Acts Of The Holy Ghost -- What A (sometimes Inanimate) Divine Animal And Plant Has To Teach Us About Being Human. Stephen D. Moore. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.