In this interview with J. Kameron Carter, Professor of Religious Studies and African American Studies at the University of Indianapolis, Carter addresses the issues of race, slavery, and whiteness. He is the author of several books, including Race: A Theological Account and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. The interview contains language that may not be suitable for all audiences. The audio recording also contains questions from the audience, so listeners should use their discretion.
Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University
Kameron Carter is a Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University. In his position at IU, he shares the directorship of the Center for Religion and the Human with Winnifred Fallers Sullivan. He is a specialist in the intersections of religion, race, and ecology. His research interests include the religion of Black people and ecology, and the intersections of American culture and religion.
Before coming to Indiana University, Carter taught at Duke University. He is the author of Race: A Theological Account, editor of Religion and the Future of Blackness, and a fellow at the Duke Center for Advanced Study. He is currently working on a book called Black Rapture: A Poetics of the Sacred.
Carter’s work is concerned with race and ecology, particularly in the context of modernity. He is particularly interested in America’s particular religious situation, and he uses black critical theory to explore these matters. Although his focus is on religion and ecology, he also draws on philosophy and aesthetics.
Professor Carter has published numerous scholarly articles and is also a published poet. He has been featured in numerous literary journals.
Author of Race: A Theological Account
Kameron Carter is a theologian whose work focuses on race. The book explores the legacy of slavery in America and the racialization of society. He focuses on three black scholars and their attempts to understand the problem of whiteness. These scholars include Albert Raboteau, who wrote a monumental work called Slave Religion. Both of these authors sought to challenge the concept of race and white privilege by positing a more fluid notion of blacks and souls.
The book also draws on Michel Foucault and Cornell West’s racial genealogies to analyze the relationship between Christianity and race. Carter also looks at Kant’s theology and argues that Christian faith is central to the Western identity and Christian doctrine.
While engaging a wide variety of theological voices, Carter proposes a Christian approach to the complex question of race and ethnicity in modern society. His book is important reading for anyone studying race, Christian history, or the intersection of these disciplines. It is a valuable book for Christians and non-Christians alike.
Race: A Theological Account is an important book for anyone interested in race and religion. Carter is particularly interested in the modern world and America as an especially racially and religious situation. The book uses critical theory and black critical theory to explore these matters.
Author of The Religion of Whiteness
Kameron Carter is a professor of systematic theology at the Divinity School of Duke University. He has written several books, including Race: A Theological Account and Dark Church: A Poetics of Black Assembly. In The Religion of Whiteness, he takes a different approach to racial and ethnic studies. He looks at race and whiteness from the perspective of the dissident sacred and the intersection of religious beliefs and race.
Carter argues that Christian theology underwent a signal transformation. Instead of rejecting the Jewish roots of Christianity, early Christians created a racialized understanding of themselves. This led them to associate Christianity with the West, while Jews remained in the East. This helped them define themselves as superior, thereby laying the groundwork for Christian white supremacy.
Carter also examines the slave narratives in the context of a white-dominated worldview. He engages with the work of theologians such as James Cone, who saw Jesus’ whiteness as an expression of severance from Jewishness. But he also criticizes Cone’s later work, which borrowed heavily from Paul Tillich. In fact, Cone was unconsciously promoting an antagonistic structure of identity.
While Carter’s book engages several fields of study, it ultimately argues that Christian theology is complicit in the development of white supremacy in the West. He argues that the theology’s complicity in the rise of whiteness in the West stems from the split between Christianity and Judaism.
Writer of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
If you’re a fan of historical fiction, Incidents in the Life of a slave girl is sure to be an excellent read. Carter’s book is the result of years of research and study, and she captures the human side of slavery in a compelling way. While many readers will be horrified by the subject matter, this novel is also a must-read for people of all ages.
In this book, Kameron Carter explores the life of a slave girl, Harriet Jacobs, who wrote under the pen name of Linda Brent. She grew up in Edenton, North Carolina, and was enslaved by the perverse Dr. Flint, who made repeated sexual advances to her and threatened her children. Despite being a frightened slave, Jacobs eventually escaped by climbing into an agarret over the storeroom. She and her children were then taken to her grandmother’s house where she could watch them.
Despite the fact that this book is a historical novel, it also has rich theological overtones. Readers who read Incidents in the Life of a slave girl ten years ago might not have understood this before. The author expresses explicitly about such matters as providence, faith, hope, theodicy, and moral theology. The author uses Scripture extensively in her writing and her storytelling, and it’s not hard to see why this book has become a classic in its genre.
Children are one of the biggest burdens a slave girl bears. The author explains that her grandfather had slept with a slave, and that his grandfather had used her as property. Child’s story will make readers realize that this was the life of many slave women.
Expert on racial capitalism
Racial capitalism is a system that draws economic and social values from the racial identities of other people. As such, it is the primary source of inequality. Fortunately, there are many ways to counteract it. One such way is through teaching anti-racism and ethnic studies in schools. Unfortunately, many lawmakers are pushing back against such education.
Professor Carter’s research focuses on the intersections of race, ecology, and religion. He explores these issues through the framework of black critical theory. His work also draws on the fields of religion and theology. He has published several books on these topics. You can also read his essays in a special issue of the South Atlantic Quarterly.
Environmentalist
Kameron Carter is an Indiana University professor of religious studies and the co-director of the Center for Religion and the Human. His work addresses the intersection between race and ecology, as well as the role of religion in our contemporary world. His work draws on critical theory, theories of the sacred, and the languages of religion.
Carter is also an author of numerous scholarly articles and a published poet. His research and teaching aim to reimagine religion and alternative worlds. Carter’s research is funded by the Henry Luce foundation. He has also received numerous awards and honors for his work. In addition to focusing on the environment, he has worked on the intersection of religion, art, and science.