Feminist philosophy of religion: critical readings

Pamela Sue Anderson, Beverley Clack

Routledge Chapman & Hall, 2004 - Religion - 272 pages

Feminist philosophy of religion as a subject of study has developed in recent years because of the identification and exposure of explicit sexism in much of the traditional philosophical thinking about religion. This struggle with a discipline shaped almost exclusively by men has led feminist philosophers to redress the problematic biases of gender, race, class and sexual orientation of the subject.

Anderson and Clack bring together new and key writings on the core topics and approaches to this growing field. Each essay exhibits a distinctive theoretical approach and appropriate insights from the fields of literature, theology, philosophy, gender and cultural studies. Beginning with a general introduction, part one explores important approaches to the feminist philosophy of religion, including psychoanalytic, poststructualist, postmetaphysical, and epistemological frameworks. In part two the authors survey significant topics including questions of divinity, embodiment, autonomy and spirituality, and religious practice. Supported by explanatory prefaces and an extensive bibliography which is organized thematically, Feminist Philosophy of Religion is an important resource for this new area of study.

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Review: A Feminist Philosophy of Religion: The Rationality and Myths of Religious Belief

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I hate this book with the burning fire of 1000 suns.

Review: A Feminist Philosophy of Religion: The Rationality and Myths of Religious Belief

User Review  - Alex - Goodreads

Wish I had brushed up on my Irigaray, Kristeva, and Lacan before tackling this book for Intro Studies. Wait, no. Just kidding. Why would you master these heroes to revise Kant when you could use them to take down the man? (Unless you find the two projects intimately connected).

About the author

Pamela Sue Anderson is Dean of Regent's Park College in Oxford, where she lectures in philosophy. She is the author of Feminist Philosophy of Religion: The Rationality and Myths of Religious Belief (1997). Beverley Clack is Senior Lecturer in Religious STudies and Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University. Her books include Sex and Death (2002), Misogyny in the Western Philosophical Tradition (1999) and The Philosophy of Religion (1998).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Feminist philosophy of religion: critical readings
• Editors: Pamela Sue Anderson, Beverley Clack
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall, 2004
• ISBN: 0415257506, 9780415257503
• Length: 272 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Philosophy