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1 online resource |
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Towards a divine in the feminine / Luce Irigaray -- Transcendence and feminist philosophy : on avoiding apotheosis / Pamela Sue Anderson -- Transcendence, materialism, and the reenchantment of nature : towards a theological materialism / Patrice Haynes -- Transcendence and immanence : coming of age in philosophy / Claire Colebrook -- Women, sacrifice, and transcendence / Morny Joy -- The return of the goddess : femininity and divine leadership / Beverly Metcalfe -- Cutting God down to size : transcendence and the feminine / Mike King -- That which is God / Daphne Hampson -- Islamic spirituality and the feminine dimension / Haifaa Jawad -- Shekhinah's kiss: tracing the inter-face between motherhood and God in the Holocaust / Melissa Raphael -- A very particular body : assessing the doctrine of incarnation for affirming the sacramentality of female embodiment / Hannah Bacon |
| Summary |
This collection explores the question of whether it is possible to re-concieve the catagory of trancendence from a feminist perspective. The contributors use the concept of transcendence to approach questions relating to the body, desire, and subjectivity, while offering a response to secular relativism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
"A number of chapters in this volume were first aired at the conference on 'Women and the divine, ' ... took place in Liverpool, United Kingdom, during June 2005"--Acknowledgments |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 23, 2016) |
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Women and religion -- Congresses
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Women -- Religious life -- Congresses
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Transcendence of God -- Congresses
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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RELIGION -- Essays.
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RELIGION -- Reference.
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Transcendence of God
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Women and religion
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Women -- Religious life
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Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jobling, J'annine
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Howie, Gillian, editor.
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Jobling, J'annine, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781137120748 |
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1137120746 |
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