Goddess and God in the world
Subtitle: conversations in embodied theology
By: Carol P. Christ and Judith Plaskow
Contributors: Plaskow, Judith, author
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9781506401188
Subjects: Judaism; Femininity of God; God; Goddess religion; Feminism; Feminist theology
Description: The authors debate the nature of divinity, proposing a new method called embodied theology. They agree that the transcendent, omnipotent, male God of traditional theology must be reimagined. Christ proposes that Goddess is the intelligent embodied love that is in all being. Plakow counters that God is an impersonal power of creativity that includes both good and evil. Rooting their views in experience and quesitoning each other, they offer a fruitful model of theological conversation across difference.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Goddess and God in our lives; title: Part I. Embodied theologies. For the beauty of the earth / Carol P. Christ; title: Stirrings / Judith Plaskow; title: God in the history of theology / Carol P. Christ and Judith Plaskow; title: From God to Goddess / Carol P. Christ; title: Finding a God I can believe in / Judith Plaskow; title: Feminist theology at the center / Carol P. Christ and Judith Plaskow; title: Answering my question / Carol P. Christ; title: Wrestling with God and evil / Judith Plaskow; title: Part II. Theological conversations. How do we think of divine power? (responding to Judith's chapters in Part 1) / Carol P. Christ; title: Constructing theological narratives (responding to Carol's chapters in Part 1) / Judith Plaskow; title: If Goddess is not love (responding to Judith's chapter 10) / Carol P. Christ; title: Evil once again (responding to Carol's chapter 9) / Judith Plaskow; title: Embodied theology and the flourishing of life / Carol P. Christ and Judith Plaskow.