New topics in feminist philosophy of religion: contestations and transcendence incarnate

Having enjoyed more than a decade of lively critique and creativity, feministphilosophy of religion continues to be a vital field of inquiry. New Topics in Feminist Philosophy of Religion maintains this vitality with both women and men, from their own distinctive social and material locations, contributing critically to the rich traditions in philosophy of religion. The twenty contributors open up new possibilities for spiritual practice, while contesting the gender-bias of traditional concepts in the field: the old models of human and divine will no longer ‘simply do’! A lively current debate develops in re-imagining and revaluing transcendence in terms of body, space and self-other relations. This collection is an excellent source for courses in feminist philosophy,phenomenology, hermeneutics and literature, Continental and analytical philosophy of religion, engaging with a range of religions and philosophers including Kant, Kierkegaard, Marx, Heidegger, Arendt, Weil, Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, Ricoeur, Levinas, Irigaray, Bourdieu, Kristeva, Le Doeuff, bell hooks and Jantzen. A collection of consistently high quality essays by some very well known and respected names in the field alongside some strong emerging feminist philosophical voices Includes a serious level of critical interaction with such non-feminist Western philosophers as Kant, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Levinas, Bourdieu and Deleuze Addresses the feminist struggle with and beyond oppressive aspects of God, especially gender specific conceptions of the divine Goes into thequestion of how ethnic, racial, sexual, social and material differences can lead to more just configurations of religion and the divine Includes both Western and non-Western feminist philosophy of religion INDICE: Introduction.- Section I – Contestations: Concepts and Practices. 1. Feminists and Fools: Imagination and Philosophy of Religion. 2. Rethinking the 'Problem of Evil' with Arendt and Jantzen. 3. Horizons and Limitations in Muslim Feminist Hermeneutics: Reflections on the Menstruation Verse. 4. Is Unconditional Forgiveness Ever Just? 5. Simone Weil’s Social Philosophy: Toward APost-Colonial Ethic. 6. Bargaining with Spiritual Patriarchy: The Women in Shas Movement in Israel. 7. Temptress on the Path: Women as Objects and Subjectsin Buddhist Jataka Stories. 8. Is Literature Any Help in Liberating Eve and Mary? 9. The Abandoned Fiancée, or Against Subjection. 10. Kant and the Present.- Section II – Transcendence Incarnate: Space, Self and Other. 11. The Lived Body, Gender and Confidence. 12. A Defence of Female Genius: Maude Royden and Passionate Celibacy. 13. Becoming the Goddess: Female Subjectivity and the Passion of the Goddess Radha. 14. Bodies in Space: Transcendence and the Spatialization of Gender. 15. The Unfolding of Our Lives with Others: Heidegger and Medieval Mysticism. 16. Beauvoir and the Transcendence of Natality. 17. The Bodyas Site of Continuity and Change. 18. The Problem of Transcendence in Irigaray’s Philosophy of Sexual Difference. 19. An Ethics of the In-between: A Condition of Possibility for Being and Living Together. 20. Creating a Space for Practical Wisdom: The Dance of Transcendence Incarnate.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-6832-4
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés