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The mysticism of ordinary life : theology, philosophy, and feminism / Andrew Prevot.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prevot, Andrew, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theology--Philosophy.
- Theology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- The Mysticism of Ordinary Life presents a new vision of Christian mystical theology, offering critical interpretations of the theologians, philosophers, and intersectional feminists who draw on mystical traditions to affirm ordinary life, arguing that everyday experiences of divine grace can be an empowering source of social transformation.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Halftitle page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction: A New Vision of Christian Mystical Theology
- Mysticism as the Grace of Divine Union
- What Makes a Life Ordinary?
- Comparable Studies
- The Path Ahead
- Part I. Catholic Mystical Theologians in the Twentieth Century
- 1. Grace in the Ordinary: The Mystical Theology of Karl Rahner
- A Christian Theology of Universal Grace
- An Ascetical Mysticism of Ordinary Life
- A Gender-Neutral Theory of Mysticism?
- A Prayerful Thinker at Heart
- 2. Obedience, Love, and Suffering: The Mystical Theology of Adrienne von Speyr and Hans Urs von Balthasar
- The Relationship between Speyr and Balthasar
- Gender Theory and Hagiography
- Feminist Critiques of Speyr and Balthasar's Gender Theory
- Hagiography as Immanent Critique
- Mystical Obedience
- Mystical Marriage
- Mystical Suffering and Death
- Part II. Christian Mysticism and Postmodern Philosophy
- 3. Immanence and Alterity: The Mystical Styles of Michel Henry and Michel de Certeau
- Mystical Immanence: Michel Henry
- Mystical Alterity: Michel de Certeau
- 4. The Other Within: Constructs of Mystical Femininity in Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva
- Remembered Origins
- New Beginnings
- The "French Feminist" Politics of Gender and Racial Difference
- Breathing, Writing, and Loving
- Seeking a Greater Love
- Part III. Intersectional Feminism: Mystical Traditions from the American Side of the Atlantic
- 5. The Divine in Between: Gloria Anzaldúa, Ada María Isasi-Díaz, and Other Mestizo/a Mystical Sources
- Mystical Mestizaje
- The Mysticism of La Lucha and Lo Cotidiano
- Mystical Encounters with La Virgen de Guadalupe
- Via Crucis
- 6. Divine Darkness Revisited: Alice Walker, M. Shawn Copeland, and Other Womanist and Black Mystical Sources.
- Mystical Blackness: Between Being and Nothingness
- The Graced Lives of Black Women
- Mystical Corporeality
- A Return to Mystical Darkness
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Prevot, Andrew The Mysticism of Ordinary Life
- ISBN:
- 0-19-195791-7
- 0-19-269258-5
- 0-19-269257-7
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