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God, Sexuality, and the Self: An Essay ´On the Trinity´
Sarah Coakley
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Paperback. A creative new venture in systematic theology which tackles the intrinsic relation of God and 'sexuality'. Num Pages: 384 pages, 39 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 622.
God, Sexuality and the Self is a new venture in systematic theology. Sarah Coakley invites the reader to re-conceive the relation of sexual desire and the desire for God and - through the lens of prayer practice - to chart the intrinsic connection of this relation to a theology of the Trinity. The goal is to integrate the demanding ascetical undertaking of prayer with the recovery of lost and neglected materials from the tradition and thus to reanimate doctrinal reflection both imaginatively and spiritually. What emerges is a vision of human longing for the triune God which is both edgy ... Read more
God, Sexuality and the Self is a new venture in systematic theology. Sarah Coakley invites the reader to re-conceive the relation of sexual desire and the desire for God and - through the lens of prayer practice - to chart the intrinsic connection of this relation to a theology of the Trinity. The goal is to integrate the demanding ascetical undertaking of prayer with the recovery of lost and neglected materials from the tradition and thus to reanimate doctrinal reflection both imaginatively and spiritually. What emerges is a vision of human longing for the triune God which is both edgy ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521558266
SKU
V9780521558266
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About Sarah Coakley
Sarah Coakley is Norris–Hulse Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. Her recent publications include Religion and the Body (Cambridge University Press, 2000), Powers and Submissions: Philosophy, Spirituality and Gender (2002), Pain and Its Transformations (2008), The Spiritual Senses (with Paul L. Gavrilyuk, Cambridge University Press, 2011) and Sacrifice Regained (Cambridge University Press, 2012). Coakley is also the editor ... Read more
Reviews for God, Sexuality, and the Self: An Essay ´On the Trinity´
'In the beginning was the Word … Where the Christian account of divine trinity is traced back to the Johannine correlation of God and the Logos, the third Person may be no more than a necessary postscript. In this remarkable first volume of her Systematic Theology, Sarah Coakley proposes an alternative, Pauline trinitarianism in which the Holy Spirit is fundamental ... Read more