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Flesh Made Word
Emily A. Holmes
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Description for Flesh Made Word
Hardcover. Women who transformed their own flesh into Word Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
For most of Christian history, the incarnation designated Christ as God made man. The obvious connection between God and the male body too often excluded women and the female body. In Flesh Made Word, Emily A. Holmes displays how medieval women writers expanded traditional theology through the incarnational practice of writing. Holmes draws inspiration for feminist theology from the writings of these medieval women mystics as well as French feminist philosophers of écriture féminine . The female body is then prioritized in feminist Christology, rather than circumvented. Flesh Made Word is a fresh, inclusive theology of the incarnation.
For most of Christian history, the incarnation designated Christ as God made man. The obvious connection between God and the male body too often excluded women and the female body. In Flesh Made Word, Emily A. Holmes displays how medieval women writers expanded traditional theology through the incarnational practice of writing. Holmes draws inspiration for feminist theology from the writings of these medieval women mystics as well as French feminist philosophers of écriture féminine . The female body is then prioritized in feminist Christology, rather than circumvented. Flesh Made Word is a fresh, inclusive theology of the incarnation.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Waco, United States
ISBN
9781602587533
SKU
V9781602587533
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About Emily A. Holmes
Emily A. Holmes is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Christian Brothers University. She previously served as co-chair of the Women and Religion section of the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.
Reviews for Flesh Made Word
"Flesh Made Word brings medieval mystical writers and post-modern theorists into dialogue in order to demonstrate their relevance for a contemporary feminist theology and a theology of the Incarnation. This is an engaging and elegant work of history and theology."
M Shawn Copeland, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Boston College "In clear and graceful prose, Holmes guides contemporary readers through the various ways that certain medieval women we've come to call 'mystics' gave textual flesh to divine love. She offers us resources for writing new incarnations of the theological for our own time and place. A rich mix of theory and practice, language and what exceeds it, the historical and the contemporary."
Ellen T. Armour, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Associate Professor of Feminist Theology, Vanderbilt Divinity School "It is a rare achievement for a text to embody what the author describes in theory. In Flesh Made Word, Emily Holmes joins medieval mystics Hadewijch, Angela, and Porete in writing as a practice of incarnation. Her engagement of feminist theorists, feminist and womanist theologians, and queer scholars is thorough, creative, and transformative. Each theoretically rich turn is grounded in the social impact of theologies of incarnation for her medieval subjects as well as contemporary ethical and spiritual practices."
Kate Ott, Assistant Professor of Christian Social Ethics, Drew Theological School
M Shawn Copeland, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Boston College "In clear and graceful prose, Holmes guides contemporary readers through the various ways that certain medieval women we've come to call 'mystics' gave textual flesh to divine love. She offers us resources for writing new incarnations of the theological for our own time and place. A rich mix of theory and practice, language and what exceeds it, the historical and the contemporary."
Ellen T. Armour, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Associate Professor of Feminist Theology, Vanderbilt Divinity School "It is a rare achievement for a text to embody what the author describes in theory. In Flesh Made Word, Emily Holmes joins medieval mystics Hadewijch, Angela, and Porete in writing as a practice of incarnation. Her engagement of feminist theorists, feminist and womanist theologians, and queer scholars is thorough, creative, and transformative. Each theoretically rich turn is grounded in the social impact of theologies of incarnation for her medieval subjects as well as contemporary ethical and spiritual practices."
Kate Ott, Assistant Professor of Christian Social Ethics, Drew Theological School