The Sexual Theologian: Essays on Sex, God and PoliticsMarcella Althaus-Reid, Lisa Isherwood The Sexual Theologian is the first collection of essays on radical sexual theology written by a group of internationally renowned scholars in this area. For the first time Queer theory and theology is articulated around themes from systematic theology such as Incarnation, death, the concept of God, Mariology, together with discussions on sexuality and mysticism. The essays show a "how to do" a radical sexual theology together with original, bold and transgressive thinking which have taken feminist theologies to a new dimension of action and reflection. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Juanas Second Dream MARIE CARTIER | 16 |
A Queer Reading of Aelred | 26 |
Fucking Straight and the Gospel of Radical Equality | 47 |
Queering Death ELIZABETH STUART | 58 |
On the Politics of Embodiment and the Mystery of All Flesh | 71 |
Sex after Natural Law GERARD LOUGHLIN | 86 |
Lifting the Skirts of | 99 |
Queering the Canaanite KEN STONE | 110 |
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The Sexual Theologian: Essays on Sex, God and Politics Marcella Althaus-Reid,Lisa Isherwood No preview available - 2004 |
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