Sociological and Theological Approaches
by
Lisa Isherwood, David Harris
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
The problem of otherness is central to debates in both the social sciences and theology. To define the other – by colour, gender, politics, nationality, or religion – is to define the self. Othering has been used through history as a justification for boundary-setting, for conflict and for oppression....