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Radical Wisdom

A Feminist Mystical Theology
  • ISBN-13: 9780800636982
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: AUGSBURG BOOKS
  • Edited by Beverly J. Lanzetta
  • Price: AUD $62.99
  • Stock: 4 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 17/06/2005
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 127.00mm) 272 pages Weight: 410g
  • Categories: Christianity [HRC]
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Lanzetta illuminates the transformative potential of theclassical tradition of women mystics, especially in lightof contemporary violence against women around the world. Focusing on the contemplative process as women's journeyfrom oppression to liberation, Lanzetta draws especially onthe mysticism of Julian of Norwich and Teresa of Avila. Shelays out the contemplative techniques used by mystics toachieve their highest spiritual potential and also investigateshow unjust social and political conditions afflict women'ssouls. Lanzetta identifies a specific historical female mystical path(the via feminina) and draws contemporary conclusions forhow women might understand their bodies, their rights, andtheir ethics.
Beverly Lanzetta is Research Associate at the Southwest Institute for Research on Women, at the University of Arizona Tucson. She is the author of Emerging Heart (2007, 978-0-8006- 3893-1) and Radical Wisdom (2005, 978-0-8006-3698-2).
Acknowledgments Prologue: Low Places Where Grace Flows In Part One: Theory and Historical Background Via Feminina and the Un-saying of "Woman" Feminism and Mysticism: Foundations Goddesses, Mother Jesus, and the Feminine Divine Contemplative Feminism: Transforming the Spiritual Journey Part Two: Women Mystics of Medieval Europe Women Mystics and a Feminism of the Inner Way Julian and Teresa as Cartographers of the Soul The Soul of Woman and the Dark Night of the Feminine Subversion in Contemplation: Resistance, Resilency, and Dignification Part Three: Embodied and Engaged Contemplation Women's Body as Mystical Text Seeing Through God's Eyes: Women's Spiritual Rights Love of the World: An Ethic of Ultimate Concern Epilogue: Hymn to Hagia Sophia Notes Bibliography Index
"Lanzetta's Radical Wisdom is a feminist revisioning of mysticism. Going beyond both the positive and the negative paths of the mystical journey, Lanzetta proposes a 'via feminina' that can heal the deep spiritual wounds of patriarchy and transform women's inner and outer humanity in holistic relation to others--men and women, God and the cosmos."
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