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Record Nr.

UNISA996208295703316

Autore

Coakley Sarah <1951->

Titolo

Powers and submissions [[electronic resource] ] : spirituality, philosophy and gender / / Sarah Coakley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Publishers, 2002

ISBN

1-281-30943-5

9786611309435

0-470-69340-1

0-470-69268-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

Challenges in contemporary theology

Disciplina

230/.082

291.2082

Soggetti

Feminist theology

Theology

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

POWERS AND SUBMISSIONS; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Prologue: Powers and Submissions; Part I The Contemplative Matrix; 1 Kenosis and Subversion: On the Repression of 'Vulnerability' in Christian Feminist Writing; 2 Traditions of Spiritual Guidance: Dom John Chapman OSB (1865-1933) on the Meaning of 'Contemplation'; 3 Creaturehood Before God: Male and Female; Part II Philosophical Interlocutions; 4 Visions of the Self in Late Medieval Christianity: Some Cross-Disciplinary Reflections

5 Gender and Knowledge in Modern Western Philosophy: The 'Man of Reason' and the 'Feminine' 'Other' in Enlightenment and Romantic Thought6 Analytic Philosophy of Religion in Feminist Perspective: Some Questions; Part III Doctrinal Implications; 7 'Persons' in the 'Social' Doctrine of the Trinity: Current Analytic Discussion and 'Cappadocian' Theology; 8 The Resurrection and the 'Spiritual Senses': On Wittgenstein, Epistemology and the Risen Chnst; 9 The Eschatological Body: Gender, Transformation and God; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

In this book Sarah Coakley confronts a central paradox of theological feminism - what she terms 'the paradox of power and vulnerability'.:.;



Confronts a central paradox of theological feminism – what Coakley terms 'paradox of power and vulnerability'.; Explores this issue through the perspective of spiritual practice, philosophical enquiry and doctrinal analysis.; Draws together an essential collection of Sarah Coakley's work in this field.; Offers an original perspective into contemporary feminist theology.