Mysticism and Gender - Mistica Y Genero - Mystik Und Geschlecht

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-429-3301-9
Verlag: PEETERS PUB

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Volume 23, 153 Seiten, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 222 g

Reihe: Journal of the European Society of Women in Theological Research

2015 marks the five-hundredth anniversary of the Spanish mystic St.
Teresa of Avila. This volume of the Journal of ESWTR is therefore
dedicated to the issue of mysticism and gender. The mystical experience
is a radical confrontation with oneself, where one recognizes one’s
boundaries and is at the same time called to transgress them; it is a
mystical transformation of the self that then will be able to transform
unjust structures. Can mysticism today still unfold these capacities of
transformation of self and societies, given the problems we are faced
with?

Using gender as a category of analysis, and adopting a gender-sensitive
stand, the articles in this volume explore questions such as: How do
issues of gender shape the relationship between mysticism and power? How
have women mystics contributed to the field of mysticism? How can
mysticism unfold a transformative power, both for individuals and
societies? In short, what do we mean by mysticism today?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baracco Colombo, A.

Gudmarsdottir, S.

Knauss, S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie