%0 Journal Article
%T Practical anatheology: A kenotic and perichoretic navigation of binaries
%A Matthew S. Beal
%J Review & Expositor
%@ 2052-9449
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0034637319856335
%X In contexts of harmful and increasing polarization, Richard Kearney¡¯s anatheism constitutes a generative approach to hospitality across divisions. Kearney¡¯s anatheism can foster critical hospitality in a deeply polarized social context. This article begins with an overview of Kearney¡¯s anatheism and his anatheistic understanding of perichoresis, developed in dialogue with Anna Mercedes¡¯s erotic feminist kenosis. The article then argues that anatheism proves generative for practical theology as a theological discipline attentive to the theory/practice binary and that an anatheistic practical theology can foster vital connections across polarities in US society through its ¡°third way,¡± applying this argument specifically to the binary oppositions of fundamentalist/liberal and self/other. The concluding section notes opportunities for critical development in anatheology, namely through decentering the white male canon to prioritize marginal voices and attending to intersectional power dynamics
%K anatheism
%K hospitality
%K Kearney
%K kenosis
%K perichoresis
%K polarization
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0034637319856335