Violence to Eternity PDF
by Grace M. Jantzen
Edited by Jeremy Carrette, Morny Joy
Part of the Death and the Displacement of Beauty series
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In this volume Grace M. Jantzen continues her groundbreaking analysis of death and beauty in western thought by examining the religious roots of death and violence in the Jewish and Christian tradition, which underlie contemporary values.
She shows how man's fear of the female is often implicated in religious violence and in her critique of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian New Testament she examines a range of themes that show the western preoccupation with necrophilia. She examines the relation of death to the Jewish covenant, the nature of monotheism, Holy War and the Christian covenant and kingdom. However, Jantzen recognises that submerged beneath these themes in Judaism and Christianity are traces of an alternative world of beauty and life.
Jantzen's internationally recognised feminist philosophy of religion puts forward a powerful analysis of patriarchy and violence and reveals the hidden power of natality. Her work is a searching challenge for our times and one that gives hope in a violent world. This work is the first of two posthumous publications to complete her impressive genealogy death and beauty of western thought.
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- Pages:264 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:14/11/2008
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:264 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:14/11/2008
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- ISBN:9781134437191
