Skip to main content
  • free

    Life giving resources. Faithfully delivered.

    FREE delivery on orders over £10

  • UK

    Serving over 2 million Christians in the UK

    with Bibles, Books and Church Supplies

  • Church

    Our Buy-Now-Pay-Later accounts used

    by over 4,000 UK Churches & Schools

  • Excellent 4.8 out of 5

    Trustpilot

Cut in Stone: Confederate Monuments and Theological Disruption

[Hardback]

by Ryan Andrew Newson

    • Author

      Ryan Andrew Newson

    • Book Format

      Hardcover

    • Publisher

      Baylor University Press

    • Published

      July 2020

      Read full description

      Today's Price

      £53.74

      Free delivery icon

      Free UK Delivery


      Out of stock.


      • Paypal
      • Google Pay
      • Apple Pay
      • Visa
      • Mastercard
      • Amex

      Cut in Stone: Confederate Monuments and Theological Disruption

      Today's Price £53.74



      Product Description

      Confederate monuments figure prominently as epicenters of social conflict. These stone and metal constructs resonate with the tensions of modern America, giving concrete definition to the ideologies that divide us. Confederate monuments alone did not generate these feelings of aggravation, but they are far from innocent. Rather than serving as neutral objects of public remembrance, Confederate monuments articulate a narration of the past that forms the basis for a normative vision of the future. The story, told through the character of a religious mythos, carries implicit sacred convictions; thus, these spires and statues are inherently theological.

      In Cut in Stone, Ryan Andrew Newson contends that we cannot fully understand or disrupt these statues without attending to the convictions that give them their power. With a careful overview of the historical contexts in which most Confederate monuments were constructed, Newson demonstrates that these "memorials" were part of a revisionary project intended to resist the social changes brought on by Reconstruction while maintaining a romanticized Southern identity. Confederate monuments thus reinforce a theology concerning the nature of sacrifice and the ultimacy of whiteness. Moreover, this underlying theology serves to conceal inherited collective wounds in the present.

      If Confederate monuments are theologically weighted in their allure, then it stands to reason that they must also be contested at this level--precisely as sacred symbols. Newson responds to these inherently theological objects with suggestions for action that are sensitive to the varying contexts within which monuments reside, showing that while all Confederate monuments must come under scrutiny, some monuments should remain standing, but in redefined contexts. Cut in Stone represents the first detailed theological investigation of Confederate monuments, a resource for the larger collective task of determining how to memorialize problematic pasts and how to shape public space amidst contested memory.

      Specification

      • Author

        Ryan Andrew Newson

      • Book Format

        Hardcover

      • Publisher

        Baylor University Press

      • Published

        July 2020

      • Weight

        454g

      • Dimensions

        14.7 x 22.1 x 2.2 cm

      • ISBN

        9781481312165

      • ISBN-10

        1481312162

      • Eden Code

        5232205

      More Information

      • Author/Creator: Ryan Andrew Newson

      • ISBN: 9781481312165

      • Publisher: Baylor University Press

      • Release Date: July 2020

      • Weight: 454g

      • Dimensions: 14.7 x 22.1 x 2.2 cm

      • Eden Code: 5232205


      Product Q+A

      Ask a Question

      Recently Viewed