Loughlin Queer Theology

Rethinking the Western Body
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-76626-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

Queer Theology makes an important contribution to publicdebate about Christianity and sex.
* * A remarkable collection of specially commissioned essays bysome of the brightest and best of Anglo-American scholars
* Edited by one of the leading theologians working at theinterface between religion and contemporary culture
* Reconceptualizes the body and its desires
* Enlarges the meaningfulness of Christian sexuality for the goodof the Church
* Proposes that bodies are the mobile products of changingdiscourses and regimes of power.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loughlin, Gerard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors.
Preface.
Introduction: The End of Sex: Gerard Loughlin (University ofDurham).
Part I: Queer Lives.
1 Subjectivity and Belief: Kathy Rudy (Duke University).
2 The Gay Thing: Following the Still Small Voice: James Alison(writer).
Part II: Queer Church.
3 Sacramental Flesh: Elizabeth Stuart (University ofWinchester).
4 There Is No Sexual Difference: Graham Ward (University ofManchester).
5 Fecundity: Sex and Social Reproduction: David Matzko McCarthy(Mount St Mary's University).
Part III: Queer Origins.
6 Eros and Emergence: Catherine Pickstock (CambridgeUniversity).
7 Omphalos: Gerard Loughlin (University of Durham).
Part IV: Queer/ing Tradition.
8 Against Rabbinic Sexuality: Textual Reasoning and the JewishTheology of Sex: Daniel Boyarin (University of California atBerkeley).
9 Queer Father: Gregory of Nyssa and the Subversion of Identity:Virginia Burrus (Drew University).
10 Queering the Beguines: Mechthild of Magdeburg, Hadewijch ofAnvers, Marguerite Porete: Amy Hollywood (Harvard DivinitySchool).
11 Bodies Demand Language: Thomas Aquinas: Eugene F. Rogers Jr(University of North Carolina at Greensboro).
12 Love's Urgent Longings: St John of the Cross:Christopher Hinkle (doctoral student at Harvard DivinitySchool).
13 A Queer Theology: Hans Urs von Balthasar: Rachel Muers(University of Exeter).
Part V: Queer/ing Modernity.
14 Reformed and Enlightened Church: Jane Shaw (New College,Oxford).
15 Sex and Secularization: Linda Woodhead (LancasterUniversity).
16 "Promising Ashes": A Queer Language of Life:Grace M. Jantzen (University of Manchester).
17 Antimarriage: Paul Fletcher (Lancaster University).
Part VI: Queer Orthodoxy.
18 Queer Trinity: Gavin D'Costa (University ofBristol).
19 God's Body: Mark D. Jordan (Emory University).
20 Queen of Heaven: Tina Beattie (University of SurreyRoehampton).
21 Desirous Saints: David Matzko McCarthy (Mount St Mary'sUniversity).
Bibliography.
Index of Biblical References.
General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gerard Loughlin is Professor of Theology and Religion at the University of Durham. His previous publications include Telling God's Story: Bible, Church and Narrative Theology (1996) and Alien Sex: The Body and Desire in Cinema and Theology (Blackwell, 2004). He is a co-editor of the Journal Theology and Sexuality.