Redemptive Dreams: Engaging Kevin Starr's California

Author:   Jason S. Sexton
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   160
Publication Date:   10 November 2023
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Author:   Jason S. Sexton
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.494kg
ISBN:  

9781032498843


ISBN 10:   1032498846
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   10 November 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Anthea M. Hartig, The Smithsonian Museum of American History 1. Interpreting California: An Ever-Challenging Task Kevin Starr 2. Redeeming the Dream: Revisiting Kevin Starr’s California in Theological Perspective Jason S. Sexton, UCLA 3. The Dream Interrupted: Kevin Starr at The San Francisco Examiner, 1976-83 Peter Richardson, San Francisco State University 4. Race, Spirituality, and the Expansive Pluralism of the California Dream-Turning-to-Reality Robert Chao Romero, UCLA; Russell Jeung, San Francisco State University, #StopAAPIHate; Amos Yong, Fuller Theological Seminary 5. Sin, Hope, and Pilgrimage in Kevin Starr’s Style of American Studies Rick Kennedy, Point Loma Nazarene University; Peter Choi, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley 6. Kevin Starr’s California Dream and the Creation, Destruction, and Redemption of California Landscapes Megan Kendrick, Woodbury University 7. ‘This Could Be Heaven or This Could Be Hell’: Kevin Starr’s California, Memory, and the Theological Imagination Cid Gregory Martinez and Thomas Ehrlich Reifer, University of San Diego 8. On the Past and Future of Kevin Starr’s California Mike Davis Select Bibliography Gary Kurutz, California State Library Foundation

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Jason S. Sexton (Ph.D., St Andrews) is a theologian, social theorist, and cultural historian. He is currently Lecturer in UCLA’s Sociology Department and Visiting Research Scholar at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Los Angeles, USA. Before that, he served as interim California State University Associate Dean of Academic Programs and as editor of Boom California, taught at Cal State Fullerton, and was also a postdoctoral fellow at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He has held visiting fellowships at UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Religion, UC Berkeley’s Center for Law and Society, UC Riverside’s Center for Ideas and Society, and USC’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture. He is the author or editor of eight books, among which is Theology and California: Theological Refractions on California’s Culture (Routledge).

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