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

• Autore: DeCrane Susanne M (Susanne Marie), <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Disciplina: 230/.2/082
• Soggetto topico: Peace (Philosophy); Common good; Women's health services - United States; Feminism - Religious aspects - Christianity
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Aquinas, feminism, and the common good
• ISBN: 1-58901-241-0; 1-4356-3893-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452259803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Moral traditions series.