Grace M. Jantzen

Violence to Eternity (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Carrette, Jeremy; Joy, Morny

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this volume Grace M. Jantzen continues her groundbreaking analysis of death and beauty in western thought by examining the religious roots of death and violence in the Jewish and Christian tradition, which underlie contemporary values.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134437184
• Artikelnr.: 38248119

Autorenporträt

The late Grace M. Jantzen (1948-2006) was Professor of Religion, Culture and Gender at Manchester University and a widely respected feminist philosopher and theologian.

Jeremy Carrette is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Kent and is the author of Selling Spirituality (Routledge, 2005) and Religion and Critical Psychology (Routledge, 2007).

Morny Joy is University Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary. She is author of Divine Love: Luce Irigaray, Women, Gender and Religion (MUP, 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Was it 'Very Good'? Part One:
Beauty, Violence and Story 1. Violence, Desire and Creation 2. Imagining
Natality: Narrative and Utopia Part Two: Judaism and the Ancient Near East
3. The Finger of God 4. The Chosen Ones: Death and the Covenant 5. 'I am a
Jealous God': Monotheism and Holy War 6. 'When I See the Blood':
Sacrifice... 7. Beauty for Ashes Part Three: Early Christianity 8. The
Birth of Christ and Early Christianity: Setting the Scene 9. Covenant in
Christendom 10. Medieval Deaths and Delights 11. Reading Medieval Mystics
12. Feminism and Flourishing Bibliography