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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823143203321

Titolo

Philosophy, feminism, and faith / / edited by Ruth E. Groenhout and Marya Bower

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2003

ISBN

0-253-10966-3

0-253-10731-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion

Altri autori (Persone)

GroenhoutRuth E. <1962->

BowerMarya <1959->

Disciplina

200/.82

Soggetti

Women and religion

Feminism - Religious aspects

Feminist theory

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Judaism and the love of reason / Martha C. Nussbaum -- Feminism, socialism, and Christianity revisited / Mary B. Mahowald -- "Philosophizing on Saturday" : faith and the philosophical life / Winifred Wing Han Lamb -- Three aspects of identity / Mary Christine Morkovsky -- Reflections on identity / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Yes / Marianne Sawicki -- Into the crucible : my art of living / Jacqueline Scott -- Learning to question / Patricia Altenbernd Johnson -- I can't say no : self-sacrifice and an ethics of care / Ruth Groenhout -- Seduction : does how you get to "yes" still matter? / Caroline J. Simon -- Living within tradition / Laura Duhan Kaplan -- Hagar on my mind / Azizah Y. al-Hibri -- A Skeptical spirituality / Nel Noddings -- Faith, philosophy, passions, and feminism : dangerous attractions / Irmgard Scherer -- n being a Christian philosopher and not a feminist / M. Elaine Botha -- Toward a visionary politics : phenomenology, psychoanalytic feminism, and transcendence / Marilyn Nissim-Sabat -- My life speaks / Sara Ebenreck.

Sommario/riassunto

""The stories are powerful, sometimes heart-rending, sometimes                lyrical, but always deeply personal. And there is some very good philosophizing as                part of the bargain."" -- Merold



WestphalHow can the                seemingly separate lives of philosopher, feminist, and follower of a religious                tradition come together in one person's life? How does religious commitment affect                philosophy or feminism? How does feminism play out in religious or philosophical                commitment? Wrestling with answers to these questions, wom