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PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional

ISBN-100567082121

ISBN-139780567082121

eBay Product ID (ePID)30787574

Product Key Features

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSexual Theologian : Essays on Sex, God and Politics

SubjectDo-It-Yourself / General, Sexuality & Gender Studies

Publication Year2005

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion, House & Home

AuthorLisa Isherwood

SeriesQueering Theology Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight7.4 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2005-298585

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"The Sexual Theologian, the premier title in T & T Clark's Queering Theology Series, is the first focused attempt to apply to systematic theology the analytical tools of 'queer theory...The essays contained herein offer queer readings of such figures as Aelred of Rievaulx and Margery Kempe, as well as discussions of death, incarnation, natural law, and more, all approached from the perspective of queer theory...food for thought." G. L. Heythrop Journal, 'This rich collection of essays is the perfect introduction to queer theology for students and interested general readers.' '...new, exciting, original and potentially body-shifting scholarship.' - Mary E. Hunt, Theology, 'the interesting essays when combined...introduce the reader to a challenging lens through which to interpret theology.' ~ Philomena Cullen, Theological Book Review, Vol 18, No. 1, 2006

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal230.08664

SynopsisThe Sexual Theologian is the first collection of essays on radical sexual theology written by a group of internationally renowned scholars in this area. For the first time Queer Theory is articulated around themes from Systematic Theology such as incarnation, death, the concept of God, and Mariology, together with discussions on sexuality and mysticism.....The essays combine radical sexual theology with original, bold and transgressive ways of thinking that take feminist theologies into a new dimension of action and reflection., The Sexual Theologian is the first collection of essays on radical sexual theology written by a group of internationally renowned scholars in this area. For the first time Queer theory and theology is articulated around themes from systematic theology such as Incarnation, death, the concept of God, Mariology, together with discussions on sexuality and mysticism. The essays show a "how to do" a radical sexual theology together with original, bold and transgressive thinking which have taken feminist theologies to a new dimension of action and reflection.

LC Classification NumberBR115.H6