Heart of the Cross

By Wonhee Anne Joh

Book Overview

Theologies have often pointed to the cross as a place of suffering and sacrifice, while feminist critiques have frequently argued against interpretations of the cross as patriarchal valorizing of suffering. Wonhee Anne Joh points toward a new interpretation of the cross as a place of love, where God and humanity come together in a surprising way. Interpreting the cross as performing a double gesture that has a subversive effect, Joh argues that the cross works simultaneously to pay homage to and to menace complex oppressive powers. Utilizing the Korean concept of jeong , Joh constructs a theology that is feminist, political and love-centered, while acknowledging the cross as source of pain and suffering. Joh's innovative vision is a call for political love that is stronger than powers of oppression.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664230636
• ISBN13: 9780664230630
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"