Theology and the Body (eBOOK/ePUB)

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Contributors:

Adam Cooper is Senior Lecturer in Patristics at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne.

Joanna Cruickshank is Lecturer in History at Deakin University, Victoria.

Stephen Garner is Lecturer in Theology in the School of Theology, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Nicola Hoggard-Creegan is Senior Lecturer in Theology at Laidlaw College and Dean of the Laidlaw-Carey Graduate School, Auckland, New Zealand.

Craig Mitchell is Director of Christian Education and Discipleship at Uniting College for Leadership & Theology, Adelaide, South Australia, and on the faculty of the Department of Theology for Flinders University.

Description

The human body is the primary lens through which we view, encounter and engage the world around us. It is no surprise then to find a wide range of theological reflection upon the human body, from those that affirm the human body as something very good, through to other more negative views where the body is something to be marginalised or escaped from. The body and theology also meet in conversations over body, mind and soul; gender; disability; eschatology; race and culture; sexuality; Christology; and medicine and technology to name but a few. Each of the authors in this volume pick up the theme of embodiment as the lens through which they look at an aspect of theology and body, providing an engaging window onto some of these discussions.