Unconventional Wisdom
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:7th Feb '08
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Early Christianity saw women in positions of authority and a fluid theology that included feminine figures in the notion of the Divine. However, for centuries a male trinity has dominated theology with the characteristics of triumphalism, clarity, order, eternality and unity.
Unconventional Wisdom examines the attempt within the last half of the twentieth century to unearth the hidden theological tradition of feminine Wisdom. The book presents the work of influential theorists, notably Foucault, Belenky and Dorothy Smith. The recovery of the feminine in the divine is linked with the rediscovery of subjugated value systems and what this might mean for ecclesiology.
"As might be anticipated from a writer who so outstandingly combines in her own career the academic and the creative, this is both a scholarly text and a vision of what Christianity might aspire to become in the twenty-first century." –Women, Word, Spirit: Catholic Women’s Network
"Incorporates writings and research from a huge variety of disciplines ranging from philosophy and theology to psychology, and cultural anthropology." – Theology and Sexuality
ISBN: 9781845530990
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 589g
300 pages