Augustine and Gender: : Patricia Grosse Brewer: Lexington Books

Augustine and Gender

Description

The relationship between Augustine of Hippo and the subject of gender raises important questions. Augustine and Gender address these issues head-on. This volume offers original interpretations of the many ways that gender appears throughout Augustine’s thought and works. Contributions draw from a wide range of sources including Augustine’s sermons, letters, treatises, and dialogues. Readers will discover detailed analyses about the nature of desire and emotion, the politics of sex and marriage, the possibilities of human speech and exegesis, and the hope of education and community. In addition, this book is a persuasive demonstration of the benefits of bringing together Augustinian scholars with the most pressing concerns of the present.

Part I. Desire and the Passions
Chapter 1. Patricia Grosse Brewer – Sex and Love in the World that Was
Chapter 2. Richard A. Lee, Jr. – The Effectivity of Women in Augustine’s Confessions: The Erasure of Agency and the Regulation of Desire
Chapter 3. Eileen C. Sweeney – The Intersection of Gender and the Emotions: Concupiscence and its Discontents

Part II. Sex and Marriage
Chapter 4. Julia Kelto Lillis – Augustine and Anatomical Virginity: The Problem of Double Integrity
Chapter 5. Willemein Otten – Between Exegesis and Naturalization: Gender and Creation in Augustine

Part III. Language, Speech, and Exegesis
Chapter 6. Jennifer Hockenbery – Beyond God the Father: Augustine’s Feminine Images of God and His Concerns for Human Women
Chapter 7. Carol Harrison – Women’s Talk: Silent Voices and Inarticulate Cries – Augustine on Conceiving and Giving Birth to the Word
Chapter 8. Karmen MacKendrick – Variations on Eve

Part IV. Education and Community
Chapter 9. Maggie Ann Labinski – Promise and Peril
Chapter 10. Daniel Jean Perrier – Augustine’s Confessions and Monstrous Recognition
Chapter 11. Anne-Marie Schultz and Michael R. Whitenton – Finding an Ally in Augustine: Augustine, Feminism, and Contemporary Reconsiderations of Gender

Product details

Published	07 Mar 2024
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	246
ISBN	9781666954852
Imprint	Lexington Books
Dimensions	236 x 158 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Kim Paffenroth

Anthology Editor

Maggie Ann Labinski

Contributor

Patricia Grosse Brewer

Contributor

Carol Harrison

Contributor

Jennifer Hockenbery

Contributor

Maggie Ann Labinski

Contributor

Richard A. Lee Jr.

Contributor

Julia Kelto Lillis

Contributor

Karmen MacKendrick

Contributor

Willemien Otten

Contributor

Kim Paffenroth

Contributor

Daniel Jean Perrier

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Anne-Marie Schultz

Contributor

Eileen C. Sweeney

Contributor

Michael R. Whitenton

“The essays in this volume demonstrate how Augustine stands uniquely poised today to navigate contemporary issues in gender and sexuality. They frequently challenge consensus views about the theologian by returning to the original Latin sources, uncovering surprising elements previous scholarship has missed.”

Rebecca Moore, emerita, San Diego State University