{"product_id":"9781439921128-god-is-change","title":"God Is Change","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReligious Practices and Ideologies in the Works of Octavia Butler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout her work, Octavia E. Butler explored, critiqued, and created religious ideology. Her prescient thoughts on the synergy between politics and religion in America are evident in her 1993 dystopian novel, \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower\u003c\/i\u003e, and its 1998 sequel, \u003ci\u003eParable of the Talents. \u003c\/i\u003eThey explored, respectively, what happens during a divisive “cultural war” that unjustly impacts the disenfranchised, and the rise of a fascistic president, allied with white fundamentalist Christianity, who chants the slogan, “Make America Great Again.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut religion, for Butler, need not be a restricting force. The editors of and contributors to \u003ci\u003eGod Is Change \u003c\/i\u003eheighten our appreciation for the range and depth of Butler’s thinking about spirituality and religion, as well as how Butler’s work-especially the \u003ci\u003eParable\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eXenogenesis\u003c\/i\u003e series-offers resources for healing and community building. Essays consider the role of spirituality in Butler’s canon and the themes of confronting trauma as well as experiencing transformation and freedom. \u003ci\u003eGod Is Change \u003c\/i\u003emeditates on alternate religious possibilities that open different political and cultural futures to illustrate humanity’s ability to endure change and thrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39540840628321,"sku":"9781439921128","price":27.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_7641835_jpg.jpg?v=1705717130","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781439921128-god-is-change","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}