We are pleased to announce the publication of:

"French Feminists on Religion, A Reader"

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Edited by:

• Morny JOY, University of Calgary, Canada;
• Kathleen O'GRADY, University of Ottawa, Canada;
• Judith POXON, California State University, Sacramento, USA.

"French Feminists on Religion" offers the first representative selection of important writings by French feminist thinkers on the topic of religion, including the most influential and provocative texts on the subject from Luce IRIGARAY, Julia KRISTEVA, Hélène CIXOUS, Monique WITTIG and Catherine CLEMENT.

Each thinker is introduced by a bibliographical preface, whilst individual essays are preceded by an editorial commentary explaining the context and significance of each piece for the study of religion. The collected texts cover a broad range of religious practices and discourses focusing primarily on Jewish and Christian concerns, but including elements of ancient Goddess traditions, Witchcraft, Hinduism and Buddhism.

 

Critically examined themes include:

• Jewish and Christian notions of sin, defilement, purity and redemption
• The relationship between subjectivity and divinity, as conceived in the feminine
• The feminist re-imaging of the Virgin Mary, and of Catholic theologies of love
• The repression of the maternal in Judeo-Christian culture

Brought together for the first time, these essays demonstrate the central importance of French feminism for the study of religion, and at the same time make evident the significance of religious themes, figures and concepts to the world of French feminist thinkers.

Routledge Press, UK. December 2001: 234x156: 272pp
Hb: 0-415-21537-4 $ 75.00 / £45.00 Pb: 0-415-21538-2 $ 24.95 / £14.99

Available in stores January 2002.
To order now or for more information, call Isobel WOOLLEY
(London, UK) on 020 7842 2149 or email + website

 

Also, forthcoming in 2002:

"Religion in French Feminist Thought: Critical Perspectives"
Edited by: Morny JOY, Kathleen O'GRADY & Judith POXON Routledge Press.

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