Spitting at Dragons Towards a Feminist T: Towards a Feminist Theology of Sainthood

by Elizabeth Stuart

In this work, the questions of canonization and sainthood are examined from a feminist perspective. The author questions the wisdom of feminist theology's decision to ignore or reject the ides of saints as elitist or other-worldly. The text outlines the problem of the ways in which saints' lives have been constructed and interpreted in male-dominated societies and institutions. It proposes a way of reading the lives of saints, especially women saints,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0264673441
• ISBN13: 9780264673448
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Andrew Mowbray Incorporated, Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"