Dualities: A Theology of Difference

Dualities: A Theology of Difference

by Michelle Voss Roberts
Dualities: A Theology of Difference

Dualities: A Theology of Difference

by Michelle Voss Roberts

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Overview

Philosophy and theology have each struggled with the problem of dualism, the assumption that reality can be split in two. Too often, this split places God, spirit, mind, and the masculine in opposition to evil, body, matter, and the feminine. These intellectual divisions support social structures that oppress rather than embrace women, the poor, people of color, and others. With this volume, Voss Roberts expertly shows how comparative theology uproots this dualism and fosters new modes of community built on cooperation instead of oppression.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780664234492
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date: 10/28/2010
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Michelle Voss Roberts is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, and has served as co-chair of the Comparative Theology Group of the American Academy of Religion.

Table of Contents

Foreword John J. Thatamanil ix

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction xvii

Abbreviations and Translations xxiii

1 What to Do about Dualism? 1

2 Duality in Union with the Divine 17

3 Coming "Down" to Earth? 55

4 Body: Prison or Partner? 83

5 Flowing Out to Others 115

6 Fluid Relations in a Dichotomous World 147

Notes 163

Bibliography 183

Index of Names 193

Index of Subjects 197

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