Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Body construction -- Theological posturing -- Blackness and the identifying of bodies -- What to make of gendered bodies? : addressing the male problem -- Sex(uality) and the (un)doing of bodies -- Part II: Bodies in motion -- Bodies as the sit…
""Anthony Pinn is one of the grand philosophers wrestling with the problem of evil. This masterful and magisterial book confirms his deserved reputation--Cornel West, Princeton University" ""A challenging intellectual reflection on the development and future of a new black theol…
"In early modern times, religious affiliation was often communicated through bodily practices. Despite various attempts at definition, these practices remained extremely fluid and lent themselves to individual appropriation and to evasion of church and state control. Because bod…
"How did Greco-Roman Egyptian society perceive women's bodies and how did it acknowledge women's reproductive functions? Detailing women's lives in Greco-Roman Egypt this monograph examines understudied aspects of women's lives such as their coming of age, social and religious t…
In Poetics of the Flesh Mayra Rivera offers poetic reflections on how we understand our carnal relationship to the world, at once spiritual, organic, and social. She connects conversations about corporeality in theology, political theory, and continental philosophy to show the r…
Recently, developments in social theory have begun to transform the study of religion. In this book, Manuel Vásquez maps out the dynamics of this paradigm shift, exploring systematically the epistemological and methodological challenges contemporary social theory poses for tradi…
This book challenges the traditional idea that religions can be understood primarily as texts to be interpreted, decoded, or translated. In More Than Belief, Manuel A. Vasquez argues for a new way of studying religions, one that sees them as dynamic material and historical expre…
This volume provides an in-depth examination of contemporary intercultural performance by women around the world. Contemporary feminist performance is explored in the contexts of current intercultural practices, theories and debates.
"A collection of essays in feminist philosophy. Contributors theorize how we act through differently acculturated bodies in a variety of interpersonal and political contexts. Addresses recent feminist challenges to bring the body more fully and positively into theory"--Provided …
"A collection of essays in feminist philosophy. Contributors theorize how we act through differently acculturated bodies in a variety of interpersonal and political contexts. Addresses recent feminist challenges to bring the body more fully and positively into theory"--Provided …