ISBN:
9780415290340
,
9780415290357
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 250 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Death and the Displacement of Beauty
Parallel Title:
Print version Violence to Eternity
DDC:
261.8
Keywords:
Bible Feminist criticism
;
Feminist theology
;
Violence in the Bible
;
Violence Religious aspects
;
Christianity
;
History
Abstract:
In this volume Grace M. Jantzen continues her groundbreaking analysis of death and beauty in western thought by examining the religious roots of death and violence in the Jewish and Christian tradition, which underlie contemporary values. She shows how man's fear of the female is often implicated in religious violence and in her critique of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian New Testament she examines a range of themes that show the western preoccupation with necrophilia. She examines the relation of death to the Jewish covenant, the nature of monotheism, Holy War and the Christian covena
Description / Table of Contents:
Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Was it 'very good'?; Part One: Beauty, violence and story; Chapter 1: Violence, desire and creation; Chapter 2: Imagining natality: Narrative and Utopia; Part Two: Judaism and the ancient near east; Chapter 3: The finger of God; Chapter 4: The chosen ones: Death and the covenant; Chapter 5: 'I am a jealous god': Monotheism and holy war; Chapter 6: 'When I see the blood': Sacrifice …; Chapter 7: Beauty for ashes; Part Three: Early Christianity; Chapter 8: The birth of Christ and early Christianity: Setting the scene
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 9: Covenant in ChristendomChapter 10: Medieval deaths and delights; Chapter 11: A reconfiguration of desire: Reading medieval mystics in postmodernity; Chapter 12: Feminism and flourishing: Gender and metaphor in feminist theology; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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