Words made flesh
Subtitle: writings in pastoral and practical theology
By: Elaine L. Graham
Publisher: SCM
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780334041948
Subjects: Pastoral theology; Practical Theology
Description: 'Words Made Flesh' draws together a number of Elaine Graham's shorter writings and essays and thereby maps out the work of a pioneer theological thinker and the development of pastoral and practical theology in the last 20 years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-366).
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Feminist theology and pastoral care. The pastoral needs of women; title: Pastoral theology, feminism and the future; title: The sexual politics of pastoral care; title: From space to woman-space; title: A view from a room : feminist practical theology from academy, kitchen or sanctuary?; title: pt. 2. Religion, culture and gender. Gender, personhood and theology; title: Words made flesh : women, embodiment and practical theology; title: From 'terrible silence' to 'transforming hope' : the impact of feminist theory on practical theology; title: 'Only bodies suffer' : embodiment, representation and the practice of ethics; title: pt. 3. Theology and practice. Pastoral theology : 'therapy', 'mission' or 'liberation'?; title: Pastoral theology as transforming practice; title: 'The story' and 'our stories' : narrative theology, vernacular religion and the birth of Jesus; title: 'What we make of the world' : the turn to culture in theology and the study of religion; title: pt. 4. Public theology. Theology in the city : ten years after Faith in the city; title: Public theology in an age of 'voter apathy'; title: Power, knowledge and authority in public theology; title: 'What makes a good city?' : reflections on the commission on urban life and faith; title: pt. 5. New technologies and post/human futures. Post/human conditions; title: 'Big brother' or 'new Jerusalem'? : anti-Utopia and Utopia in a virtual age; title: Bioethics after posthumanism : natural law, communicative ethics and the problem of self-design; title: In whose image? : representations of technology and the 'ends' of humanity; title: Epilogue. Words of encouragement from one pilgrim to another.