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Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains takes as a starting point the hermeneutics of suspicion. The book illustrates the way in which texts and interpretations have been manipulated for the purpose of power and control. Through careful-counter readings it challenges the ways in which the female divine has been pushed back by relentless male interpretation and misrepresentation. The essays range across liberation theology and queer theory to sexual hospitality and the Song of Songs as a challenge to hetero-patriarchy. The book provides an accessible resource for any student interested in the ways in which narrow readings of Scripture can become a power base for hierarchies of exclusion.

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Author:   Lisa Isherwood (University of Winchester, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9781845531317

ISBN 10:   1845531310
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   24 July 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Lisa Isherwood is is Professor of Feminist Liberation Theologies and Director of Theology at the University of Winchester. She is an executive editor of the international journal, Feminist Theology, and co-founder of the Britain & Ireland School of Feminist Theology. She has authored or edited a number of books amongst which are, Liberating Christ, Pilgrim Press, 1999; Introducing Feminist Christologies, Sheffield Academic Press, 2001; The Good News of the Body: Feminism & Sexual Theology [ed], Sheffield Academic Press, 2000; The Sexual Theologian: Essays on Sex, God and Politics [co-ed Marcella Althaus-Reid], Continuum, 2005 & Queering Heterosexuality: The Power of Erotic Celibacy, Continuum, 2005.

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