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Power, Gender and Christian Mysticism

Power, Gender and Christian Mysticism

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in Ideology and Religion, Book 8

Religion General General Christianity

ISBN10: 0521479266
ISBN13: 9780521479264
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 16 1995
Pages: 404
Weight: 1.16
Height: 1.05 Width: 5.68 Depth: 8.46
Language: English
In Western Christianity, the mystic was seen as having direct access to God, and therefore great authority. Dr. Jantzen discusses how men of power defined and controlled who should count as a mystic, and thus who would have power: women were pointedly excluded. The modern philosophical assumption that mysticism is essentially about intense subjective experiences is misguided. This book is the first on the subject to take issues of gender seriously, and to use them as a point of entry for a deconstructive approach to Christian mysticism.

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