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"It is only right that a theologian of Von Balthasar's influence should have a "Devil's Advocate." Tina Beattie's animated discussion will surely be read by all who are interested in his work and in the sexual dynamics of Catholic Christianity."
-Dr. Janet Martin Soskice, Reader in Philosophical Theology, University of Cambridge
"The centrality of gendered, sexual bodies to the life of faith and traditional theology's repression of such have long been the focus of feminist theology. Beattie's book takes the conversation to new levels with her exploration of the crucial role of the psychological - desire, pleasure, fear, terror - in the workings of faith and theology."
-Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Associate Professor of Theology, Divinity School, Duke University
"Beattie insightfully exposes false paths in the all-important quest in religion, as elsewhere, to realize the profound implications of sexuate difference. This timely book is acutely necessary for the efforts to recover a sacramental sense of language, symbol and the female."
-Charlene Spretnak, author of" Missing Mary
-Dr. Janet Martin Soskice, Reader in Philosophical Theology, University of Cambridge
"The centrality of gendered, sexual bodies to the life of faith and traditional theology's repression of such have long been the focus of feminist theology. Beattie's book takes the conversation to new levels with her exploration of the crucial role of the psychological - desire, pleasure, fear, terror - in the workings of faith and theology."
-Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Associate Professor of Theology, Divinity School, Duke University
"Beattie insightfully exposes false paths in the all-important quest in religion, as elsewhere, to realize the profound implications of sexuate difference. This timely book is acutely necessary for the efforts to recover a sacramental sense of language, symbol and the female."
-Charlene Spretnak, author of" Missing Mary
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It is hard to over-estimate the challenge that feminism poses to Roman Catholicism. Pope John Paul II's call for a 'new feminism' has led to the development of a Catholic theological response to the so-called 'old feminism'. The New Catholic Feminism sets up a dramatic encounter between the orthodox Catholic establishment and contemporary critical theory, including feminist theology and philosophy, queer theory, and French psycholinguistics, in order to explore fundamental questions about human identity, personhood and gender. From the naked bodies of Eden to the 'gay nuptials' of liturgy, it argues that the strange and volatile world of Catholic sexual symbolism cannot be 'tamed' to meet the ideological agendas of either feminist theology or conservative Catholicism. Only through a radical re-evaluation of the sacramental significance of the sexed human body might the Catholic Church provide a redemptive response to the sexual politics of contemporary society.
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The relationship between feminism and Catholicism is not new, but in a rapidly changing cultural environment the nature of the debate has shifted significantly in recent years. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
The relationship between feminism and Catholicism is not new, but in a rapidly changing cultural environment the nature of the debate has shifted significantly in recent years. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
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