Bodies in Question : Gender, Religion, Text (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction: Gender, religion, text: body and voice (KA¶rper und Kommunikation), Darlene Bird and Yvonne Sherwood. Part I Unexpected Women: When Johannes de Silentio sounds like Johanna de Silentio: strange harmonies and discords in the 'attunement' section of Fear and Trembling, Yvonne Sherwood; The feminine aspect of God in the Book of Bahir, Carola Goetzen-Krieg. Part II Indecent/Subversive Women: Symbolism and the power of art: female representations of Christ crucified, Julie Clague; Playing the whore: gender performance and basic instinct in Genesis 38, Sarah Nicholson. Part III Demonic/Angelic Women: The possession of women in Antiquity: stories of conflict, Gudrun Guttenberger; Women, magic and angels: on the emancipation of Job's daughters in the Apocryphal Testament of Job, Heike Omerzu. Part IV Techno Bodies: The power of potential bodies: theological responses to new reproductive technologies, Jacci Stoyle; CyberSex: David Cronenberg's vision of a bodily communion with technology, Jessica Lindohf. Part V The Question of the Body in Literature, Theology and Philosophy: Literature and theology: sex in the relationship, Heather Walton; The body in the text: Iris Murdoch's embodied writing style in The Sovereignty of Good, Marije Altorf. Part VI Future Bodies: The joy and sorrow of the flesh: Jorie Graham's 'At Luca Signorelli's Resurrection of the Body', Darlene Bird; 'Like angels in heaven': Mark's understanding of humanity in the new creation, Susan Miller; 'FremdkA¶rper' (alien body) or caro salutis est cardo? On the precise nature of Christ's body in Tertullian and his adversaries, Katharina Greschart. Index.