Controversies in Body Theology

by Marcella Althaus-Reid, Lisa Isherwood

Overview

This is a collection which brings together authors from around the world. The book dares to examine some of the most extreme approaches to the body that our society engages with. What makes this book unique is that it does not dismiss what may be the more difficult and challenging areas of the body and society, rather it embraces them as an embodied resource for the ever-expanding task of considering the nature of incarnation through the lens of body theology. Topics range from cosmetic surgery and the bible to the sacramental nature of self harm in young girls. Along the way the book looks at the Puritan heritage of 'Extreme Makeover' programmes and the pernicious theology inherent in 'Slim for Him' programmes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780334041573
Publisher:	Hymns Ancient & Modern
Publication date:	06/27/2011
Series:	Controversies in Contextual Theology Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Series Introduction     v
List of Contributors     vi
Introduction: Slicing Women's Bodies: Christianity and the Cut, Mutilated and Cosmetically Altered Believers     1
Slicing Mothers: Violence and the Maternal in the Marquis de Sade   Beverley Clack     7
'Cut' n' Slash': Remodelling the 'Freakish' Female Form   Inga Bryden     29
Cutting Edge: Witnessing Rites of Passage in a Therapeutic Community   Elizabeth Baxter     48
Mutilations and Restorations: Cosmetic Surgery in Christianity   Marcella Althaus-Reid     70
This Body Trans/Forming Me: Indecencies in Transgender/Intersex Bodies, Body Fascism and the Doctrine of the Incarnation   Martin Hugo Cordova Quero     80
Uses and Abuses of Power in the Shoah and the Silent Genocide of Abused Women   Victoria Rollins     129
Biblically Slicing Women   Janet Wootton     158
Will you Slim for Him or Bake Cakes for the Queen of Heaven?   Lisa Isherwood     174
Why Women Need to be Ripped, Shredded and Sliced: Political, Philosophical and Thealogical Reflections   Paul Reid-Bowen     207
Bibliography     227
Index of Names and Subjects     237
Index of Bible References     250