Oliva M. Espín

Women, Sainthood, and Power

A Feminist Psychology of Cultural Constructions

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Produktbeschreibung

In Women, Sainthood, and Power, Oliva M. Espin examines the life stories of several female saints within their respective cultural and historical contexts from the perspective of feminist psychology and gender politics in the Catholic church.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 545g
• ISBN-13: 9781498581530
• ISBN-10: 1498581536
• Artikelnr.: 57570972

Autorenporträt

By Oliva M. Espín

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Preface: A Tale about Hope, Courage, and Saints
Introduction: Fire and Gas: Women Saints over Five Centuries Chapter 1: La
Fabbrica dei Santi- How Politics and Culture Determine Who Is a Saint
Chapter 2: Political Saints and Saintly Politics: Joan of Arc and Catherine
of Siena Chapter 3: "Holy Anorexics" God, Agency, Women's Bodies and
Self-Starvation in Early Colonial Spanish-America: Rose of Lima and Mariana
of Quito Chapter 4: Las Santas Criollas: Rosa de Lima, Mariana de Quito,
and National Identity in Colonial Spanish-America Chapter 5: Teresa of
Avila: The Love of God as Source of Authority Chapter 6: Edith Stein:
Paradoxes of a Jewish Saint Chapter 7: Mystics of Political Resistance:
Teresa of Avila's and Edith Stein's Visions of Womanhood Chapter 8: Pain,
Loss, and Psychological Distress in Thérèse of Lisieux, The 'Little Flower'
who wanted to be a Priest Chapter 9: Doctors but not Priests- Women Doctors
in the Roman Catholic Church: Teresa, Catherine, Thérèse and Hildegard
Chapter 10: North American Saints: Cabrini, Seton, Drexel, Tekakwitha...But
No Black American Saints Yet Conclusion: Final Thoughts References About
the Author