New Topics in Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Contestations and Transcendence Incarnate (Feminist Philosophy Collection (Hardcover))

Having enjoyed more than a decade of lively critique and creativity, feminist philosophy of religion continues to be a vital field of inquiry. __New Topics in Feminist Philosophy of Religion__ maintains this vitality with both women and men, from their own distinctive social and material locations, contributing critically to the rich traditions in philosophy of religion. The twenty contributors open up new possibilities for spiritual practice, while contesting the gender-bias of traditional concepts in the field: the old models of human and divine will no longer ‘simply do’! A lively current debate develops in re-imagining and revaluing transcendence in terms of body, space and self-other relations. This collection is an excellent source for courses in feminist philosophy, phenomenology, hermeneutics and literature, Continental and analytical philosophy of religion, engaging with a range of religions and philosophers including Kant, Kierkegaard, Marx, Heidegger, Arendt, Weil, Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, Ricoeur, Levinas, Irigaray, Bourdieu, Kristeva, Le Doeuff, bell hooks and Jantzen. Pt. I. Contestations : Concepts And Practices. Feminists And Fools : Imagination And Philosophy Of Religion / Marije Altorf -- Rethinking The Problem Of Evil With Hannah Arendt And Grace Jantzen / Morny Joy -- Horizons And Limitations Of Muslim Feminist Hermeneutics : Reflections On The Menstruation Verse / Shuruq Naguib -- Is Unconditional Forgiveness Ever Good? / Anca Gheaus -- Simone Weil's Social Philosophy : Toward A Post-colonial Ethic / Inese Radzins -- Bargaining With Spiritual Patriarchy : Women In The Shas Movement In Israel / Henriette Dahan Kalev -- Temptress On The Path : Women As Objects And Subjects In Buddhist Jātaka Stories / Naomi Appleton -- Is Literature Any Help In Liberating Eve And Mary? / Dorota Filipczak -- The Abandoned Fiancée, Or Against Subjection / Daniel Whistler -- Kant And The Present / Daphne Hampson -- Pt. Ii. Transcendence Incarnate : Space, Self And Other. The Lived Body, Gender And Confidence / Pamela Sue Anderson -- In Defence Of Female Genius : Maude Royden And Passionate Celibacy / Alison Jasper -- Becoming The Goddess : Female Subjectivity And The Passion Of The Goddess Radha / Jessica Frazier -- Bodies In Space : Transcendence And The Spatialization Of Gender / Roxana Baiasu -- The Unfolding Of Our Lives With Others : Heidegger And Medieval Mysticism / Ben Morgan -- Beauvoir And The Transcendence Of Natality / Alison Martin -- The Body As Site Of Continuity And Change / Paul S. Fiddes -- The Problem Of Transcendence In Irigaray's Philosophy Of Sexual Difference / Patrice Haynes -- An Ethics Of The In-between : A Condition Of Possibility Of Being And Living Together / Anne-claire Mulder -- Creating A Space For Practical Wisdom : The Dance Of Transcendence Incarnate / Laurie Anderson Sathe. Pamela Sue Anderson, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Feminists and Fools: Imagination and Philosophy of Religion....Pages 3-16 Rethinking the “Problem of Evil” with Hannah Arendt and Grace Jantzen....Pages 17-32 Horizons and Limitations of Muslim Feminist Hermeneutics: Reflections on the Menstruation Verse....Pages 33-49 Is Unconditional Forgiveness Ever Good?....Pages 51-68 Simone Weil’s Social Philosophy: Toward a Post-Colonial Ethic....Pages 69-83 Bargaining with Spiritual Patriarchy: Women in the Shas 1 Movement in Israel....Pages 85-101 Temptress on the Path: Women as Objects and Subjects in Buddhist Jataka Stories....Pages 103-115 Is Literature Any Help in Liberating Eve and Mary?....Pages 117-126 The Abandoned Fiancée, or Against Subjection....Pages 127-145 Kant and the Present....Pages 147-160 Front Matter....Pages 161-161 The Lived Body, Gender and Confidence....Pages 163-180 In Defence of Female Genius: Maude Royden and Passionate Celibacy....Pages 181-197 Becoming the Goddess: Female Subjectivity and the Passion of the Goddess Radha....Pages 199-215 Bodies in Space: Transcendence and the Spatialization of Gender....Pages 217-233 The Unfolding of Our Lives with Others: Heidegger and Medieval Mysticism....Pages 235-248 Beauvoir and the Transcendence of Natality....Pages 249-259 The Body as Site of Continuity and Change....Pages 261-277 The Problem of Transcendence in Irigaray’s Philosophy of Sexual Difference....Pages 279-296 An Ethics of the In-Between: A Condition of Possibility of Being and Living Together....Pages 297-318 Creating a Space for Practical Wisdom: The Dance of Transcendence Incarnate....Pages 319-328 Back Matter....Pages 329-338 Feminist philosophy of religion continues to be a vital field of inquiry. This is a collection of consistently high quality essays which open up new possibilities for spiritual practice, while contesting the gender-bias of traditional concepts.