Attending to the wounds on Christ's body : Teresa's scriptual vision / Elizabeth Newman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newman, Elizabeth, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582.

Teresa.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Spain--History--16th century.

Bible.

Christian union.

History.

Spain.

Physical Description:

x, 219 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Attending the wounds on Christ's body

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, [2012]

Summary:

The Disunity of the church is a social and theological scandal for it betrays the prayer of Jesus that we "will be one ... so that the world will believe" (John 17:21). As a Baptist whose academic background focused on the Orthodox Church and whose teaching has included Catholic and Protestant contexts, this division is for Elizabeth Newman personal and professional. Attending to the Wounds on Christ's Body rests on the conviction that the broad tradition of Christianity already contains resources to heal the church, namely the saints of the church. Newman examines especially how Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) speaks to the whole church today in the midst of political, economic, and ecclesial brokenness. Teresa's reliance upon three scriptural figures-dwellings, marriage, and pilgrimage-helps make sense of an ecclesial way of life that is inherently unitive, a unity that stands in contrast to that of the nation-state or the global market. Teresa's scriptural journey offers an alternative at once liturgical, political, and economic. This Doctor of the Church provides "medicine" that can repair wounds of division that separate brothers and sisters in Christ. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 How to Read Teresa after Modernity 9

2 The Politics of Teresa's Dwellings 36

3 Divine Marriage and an Economics of Abundance 70

4 On Pilgrimage: a Unity both Visible and Hidden 106

5 Teresa as a Saint for Unity 139

6 Ecclesial Practices as Dwelling Places 162.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1610970969

OCLC:

819631606

Publisher Number:

99953172691