Being Feminist, Being Christian : Essays from Academia / / edited by A. Jule, B. Pedersen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960711003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006
• ISBN: 9786611369736; 9781281369734; 128136973X; 9781403983107; 1403983100
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2006.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): JuléAllyson <1965->; PedersenBettina Tate
• Disciplina: 230.082
• Soggetti: Sex; Religion - Philosophy; Religion and sociology; Feminism; Feminist theory; Christianity; Gender Studies; Philosophy of Religion; Sociology of Religion; Feminism and Feminist Theory
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Being Feminist, Being Christian -- Chapter One: Christian Feminist or Feminist Christian: What's Feminism Got to Do with Evangelical Christians? -- Chapter Two: Silence as Femininity?: A Look at Performances of Gender in Theology College Classrooms -- Chapter Three: Blessed Mother or Material Mom: Which Madonna Am I? -- Chapter Four: In Search of Bodily Perspective: A Study of Simone de ; Beauvoir and Luce Irigaray -- Chapter Five: Two Women Speaking "Woman": The Strategic Essentialism of Luce Irigaray and Phoebe Palmer -- Chapter Six: Speaking Out: Feminist Theology and Women's Proclamation in the Wesleyan Tradition -- Chapter Seven: Nascent Christian Feminism in Medieval and Early-Modern Britain -- Chapter Eight: Biblical Literalism and Gender Stability: A Christian Response to Gender Performance Theory -- About the Authors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: Can a person be Christian and Feminist at the same time? In these extended essays, authors explore the various intersections of feminism, feminist theory and practice, and Christian tradition as it is lived out in the lives of Christian academics.