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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452259803321

Autore

DeCrane Susanne M (Susanne Marie), <1949->

Titolo

Aquinas, feminism, and the common good [[electronic resource] /] / Susanne M. DeCrane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-58901-241-0

1-4356-3893-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Moral traditions series

Disciplina

230/.2/082

Soggetti

Peace (Philosophy)

Common good

Women's health services - United States

Feminism - Religious aspects - Christianity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-208) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Feminist theological hermeneutics -- The common good in the thought of Thomas Aquinas -- A feminist retrieval of the principle of the common good -- Health care in the United States and the retrieved principle of the common good.

Sommario/riassunto

To dismiss the work of philosophers and theologians of the past because of their limited perceptions of the whole of humankind is tantamount to tossing the tot out with the tub water. Such is the case when feminist scholars of religion and ethics confront Thomas Aquinas, whose views of women can only be described as misogynistic. Rather than dispense with him, Susanne DeCrane seeks to engage Aquinas and reflect his otherwise compelling thought through the prism of feminist theology, hermeneutics, and ethics.Focusing on one of Aquinas's great intellectual contributions, the fundamental notion o