Heterotopic Citizen

New Research on Religious Work for the Disadvantaged

edited by Trygve Wyller

Book cover: Heterotopic Citizen

Extent: 235 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Religious Studies

Series: Research in Contemporary Religion

Series volume number: 4

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2009)

ISBN: 9783525604380

Price: $88.00

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This book analyses religious work for the marginalized from the perspective of citizenship and otherness. The articles try to answer the question of whether religion makes a contribution to a growing recognition of human rights in society or if current philantropic and religious work for the marginalized re-introduces disciplinary practices which threaten the more substantial and universal citizenship. The theoretical starting point are Michel Foucault’s studies about heterotopic places.

Trygve Wyller is Professor Emeritus in Diaconal Studies and Systematic Theology at the Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo and Honorary Professor, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He has written extensively on space, ecclesiology, migration, phenomenology, ethics
and relevant Scandinavian Creation Theology-issues. Some of his recent publications are Diaconia/Empowering/Social Development, in the International Handbook of Practical Theology (2022); and Liberating, Spatial Theology. Some Reflections on How Theology Can Transform, in Dialogue with Gerald West (2024).
Email: trygve.wyller@teologi.uio.no

  • Edited by Trygve Wyller