Sharon Jagger

Contested Contextualization

Theology

“As a Northerner, I feel seen in Nigel Rooms’s writing. This book presents an intricate portrait of the North and its church landscape in a way that challenges ideas of nativism and essentialism. Writing through the prism of post-colonial theology, Rooms weaves the North’s unique, but subaltern, voice, contested notions of flourishing and a critical use of contextual theology. Capturing the northern identity in themes of authenticity, community, and humor, the book draws on a theology of political and cultural resilience.”