Flesh Made Word

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Flesh Made Word

Medieval Women Mystics, Writing, and the Incarnation

Religion: general Christianity Feminism and feminist theory

Author: Emily A. Holmes

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Language: English

Published by: Baylor University Press

Published on: 1st November 2013

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 461 Kb

ISBN: 9781481301091


For most of Christian history, the incarnation designated Christ as God made man. The obvious connection between God and the male body too often excluded women and the female body. In Flesh Made Word, Emily A. Holmes displays how medieval women writers expanded traditional theology through the incarnational practice of writing. Holmes draws inspiration for feminist theology from the writings of these medieval women mystics as well as French feminist philosophers of écriture féminine . The female body is then prioritized in feminist Christology, rather than circumvented. Flesh Made Word is a fresh, inclusive theology of the incarnation.

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