Rivera Poetics of the Flesh

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7493-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten

Mayra Rivera outlines the relationship between the ways ancient Christian thinkers and Western philosophers conceive of the "body" and "flesh." Rivera's analysis furthers developments in new materialism and helps us to better understand the influence of Christian texts on contemporary theorizations of social structure, gender, race, and faith.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rivera, Mayra

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction. Both Flesh and Not 1

Part I: Regarding Christian Bodies 15

1. Becoming Flesh: The Gospel of John 19

2. Abandoning Flesh: The Letters of Paul 29

3. Embracing Flesh: Tertullian 43

Part II: The Philosophers' (Christian) Flesh 55

4. Incarnate Philosophy 59

5. The Ends of Flesh 87

Part III: A Labyrinth of Incarnations 111

6. Inescapable Bodies 117

7. Carnal Relations 133

Conclusion 153

Notes 159

Bibliography 193

Index 203

Über Autor(innen)

Mayra Rivera is Associate Professor of Theology and Latina/o Studies at Harvard University and the author of The Touch of Transcendence: A Postcolonial Theology of God.