Indecent Theology / Edition 1

by Marcella Althaus-Reid

Overview

Indecent Theology brings liberation theology up to date by introducing the radical critical approaches of gender, postcolonial, and queer theory. Grounded in actual examples from Latin America, Marcella Althaus-Reid's highly provocative, but immaculately researched book reworks three distinct areas of theology - sexual, political and systematic. It exposes the connections between theology, sexuality and politics, whilst initiating a dramatic sexual rereading of systematic theology.
Groundbreaking, intriguing and scholarly, Indecent Theology broadens the debate on sexuality and theology as never before.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415236041
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/15/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Marcella Althaus-Reid is Lecturer in Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the University of Edinburgh. She is a Latin American theologian who trained during the years of political conflict in the southern cone of South America.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Indecent proposals for women who would like to do theology without using underwear; Chapter 2 The indecent Virgin; Chapter 3 Talking obscenities to theology; Chapter 4 The theology of sexual stories; Chapter 5 Grandes medidas económicas;

Editorial Reviews

'This is imaginative theology at its best - theoretically challenging, politically inspired and physically embodied ... it beautifully disturbs and sets a new agenda for a 'Queer' theology ... to embrace the world of unknown and unexplored theological desires.' - Jeremy Carrette, University of Stirling, Literature and Theology

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