LEADER 04255nam 22005655 450 001 9910896535403321 005 20241015125719.0 010 $a9783031710407 010 $a3031710401 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-71040-7 035 $a(CKB)36357393700041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31727211 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31727211 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-71040-7 035 $a(EXLCZ)9936357393700041 100 $a20241015d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aReclaiming Sacrifice $eIntegrating Girardian and Feminist Insights on the Cross /$fby Chelsea Jordan King 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (160 pages) 311 08$a9783031710391 311 08$a3031710398 327 $aChapter 1: Saved by an Innocent Death? -- Chapter 2: Feminist and Womanist Critiques of the Cross as Sacrifice -- Chapter 3: Girard and the Non-Sacrificial Reading of the Gospels.-Chapter 4: A Change of Heart -- Chapter 5: Reclaiming Sacrifice. 330 $a"This book brings René Girard's mimetic theory into a carefully outlined dialogue with feminist theology regarding the difficult question of sacrifice. It convincingly shows how both approaches benefit from each other and how this synopsis leads to a much better understanding of sacrifice that no longer creates misunderstandings or supports the discrimination of women and people on the margins." -Wolfgang Palaver, Professor Emeritus at the Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Innsbruck "No question strikes more at the heart of Christian theology than the question of how Jesus' death effects human salvation. Much discourse around this question either clings to old formulae and ignores the most neuralgic ethical challenges to sacrificial logic or misrepresents the main classical positions. By contrast, Chelsea Jordan King's Reclaiming Sacrifice offers a needed intervention. She deftly brings together the most pressing insights of two contemporary discourses-Girardian and feminist / womanist-and holds them up against traditional theological understanding. What results is a masterly theological exposition that will greatly benefit both students and scholars. By doing so, King announces herself as an exciting new theological voice." -Dr. Grant Kaplan, Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology, Saint Louis University Many Christians profess that Jesus died as a sacrifice for sins. Why would God accept the murder of an innocent man as a sacrifice for sin? As important as this question is, there is a more fundamental question: What does it mean to say that Jesus dies as a sacrifice for sin? Within feminist theology, the very idea of sacrifice is laced with tension. Women and other marginalized groups have historically been oppressed by the use of the language of sacrifice. They have been told to live lives of self-sacrifice, at the expense of their well-being. Thus, many reject the language of sacrifice outright. Starting with an exploration of René Girard's understanding of sacrifice, Chelsea Jordan King places Girard into direct dialogue with feminist theologians who raised similar critiques of violence. She then shows how we can re-claim the language of sacrifice in such a way that is liberative for all women and other marginalized groups. Chelsea Jordan King is an Assistant Professor in Catholic Studies at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. . 606 $aFeminist theology 606 $aTheology 606 $aCatholic Church 606 $aFeminist Theology 606 $aChristian Theology 606 $aCatholicism 615 0$aFeminist theology. 615 0$aTheology. 615 0$aCatholic Church. 615 14$aFeminist Theology. 615 24$aChristian Theology. 615 24$aCatholicism. 676 $a232.4 700 $aKing$b Chelsea Jordan$01766982 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910896535403321 996 $aReclaiming Sacrifice$94211790 997 $aUNINA