Power, gender and Christian mysticism / Grace M. Jantzen, John Rylands Senior Research Fellow, University of Manchester
1997, Second Edition. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #442601
ISBN: 0521479266
Physical description; xvii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-379) and index. Contents; 1. Feminists, philosophers and mystics -- 2. Mystics, martyrs and honorary males -- 3. The mystical meaning of scripture -- 4. Mystical theology and the erotic other -- 5. 'Cry out and write': mysticism and the struggle for authority -- 6. The visions of virgins: spirituality and sexual control -- 7. Heretics and witches -- 8. The language of ineffability -- 9. Conclusion: mysticism and modernity. Subjects; Pak Organization of Workers in Educational Research Religious aspects Christianity. Project Organizing with Education and Research (Organization) Religious aspects Christianity. Mysticism. Women mystics. Sex Religious aspects Christianity. Authority Religious aspects Christianity. Power (Christian theology). Mysticism.
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