Introducing body theology / Lisa Isherwood and Elizabeth Stuart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isherwood, Lisa.

Contributor:

Stuart, Elizabeth.

Series:

Introductions in feminist theology ; 2.

Introductions in feminist theology ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theology.

Human body--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Human body.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book sets out to examine the ambiguous relationship that Christianity has with the body. Incarnation is central to Christian belief but that doctrine has not encouraged a positive theology of the body. The authors explore why this has been so and examine ways in which a more body-positive theology can be developed using our Christian heritage. Starting from a feminist perspective they reclaim women's bodies from the embrace of patriarchy and in doing so clearly show how this reclamation challenges many systems of oppression. This work illustrates that the personal is political, even in th

Contents:

Contents; Editors' Preface; Introduction; 1. Why Body Theology?; 2. Method in Body Theology; 3. A Difficult Relationship: Christianity and the Body; 4. The Sacred Body? Women, Spirituality and Embodiment; 5. Queering the Body: The Body in Lesbian and Gay Theology; 6. The Body and the World; 7. Directions in Body Theology; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611784355

9781281784353

1281784354

9780567487476

0567487474

OCLC:

319493156