Powers and Submissions: Spirituality, Philosophy and Gender

Copyright © 2002 Sarah Coakley

Powers and Submissions: Spirituality, Philosophy and Gender

Author(s): Sarah Coakley

Published Online: 15 APR 2008

Print ISBN: 9780631207351

Online ISBN: 9780470693407

DOI: 10.1002/9780470693407

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In this book Sarah Coakley confronts a central paradox of theological feminism - what she terms 'the paradox of power and vulnerability'.


  • Confronts a central paradox of theological feminism - what Coakley terms 'paradox of power and vulnerability'.
  • Explores this issue through the perspective of spiritual practice, philosophical enquiry and doctrinal analysis.
  • Draws together an essential collection of Sarah Coakley's work in this field.
  • Offers an original perspective into contemporary feminist theology.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xx)

  2. Part I: The Contemplative Matrix

    1. Chapter 1

      Kenōsis and Subversion: On the Repression of ‘Vulnerability’ in Christian Feminist Writing (pages 3–39)

    2. Chapter 2

      Traditions of Spiritual Guidance: Dom John Chapman OSB (1865–;1933) on the Meaning of ‘Contemplation’ (pages 40–54)

    3. Chapter 3

      Creaturehood before God: Male and Female (pages 55–68)

  3. Part II: Philosophical Interlocutions

    1. Chapter 4

      Visions of the Self in Late Medieval Christianity: Some Cross-Disciplinary Reflections (pages 71–88)

    2. Chapter 5

      Gender and Knowledge in Modern Western Philosophy: The ‘Man of Reason’ and the ‘Feminine’ ‘Other’ in Enlightenment and Romantic Thought (pages 89–97)

    3. Chapter 6

      Analytic Philosophy of Religion in Feminist Perspective: Some Questions (pages 98–105)

  4. Part III: Doctrinal Implications

    1. Chapter 7

      ‘Persons’ in the ‘Social’ Doctrine of the Trinity: Current Analytic Discussion and ‘Cappadocian’ Theology (pages 109–129)

    2. Chapter 8

      The Resurrection and the ‘Spiritual Senses’: On Wittgenstein, Epistemology and the Risen Christ (pages 130–152)

    3. Chapter 9

      The Eschatological Body: Gender, Transformation and God (pages 153–167)

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      Index (pages 168–172)

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