Eve's Revenge Women and a Spirituality of the Body

Name: Eve's Revenge Women and a Spirituality of the Body
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ISBN: 9781587430404

ISBN-10: 1587430401

ISBN-13: 9781587430404

Edition: 2003

Authors: Lilian Calles Barger

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Botox. Plastic surgery. Make-up. Women sometimes go to desperate lengths to distort, mold, and fashion their bodies into that of the "ideal" woman. They live with the reality of the body, from its reproductive implications to the pressures from the media to look a certain way. They are intimately connected to their bodies, but often find it difficult to link their experience of the female body with their desire for Christian spirituality. Lillian Barger presents Eve's Revenge to help women see how their understanding of their bodies impacts spirituality. Not a self-help book, it describes the tension women experience between their bodies and their desire for a spiritual life. Barger…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Brazos Press
Publication date: 3/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface



A Blank Canvas? Why Our Bodies Get in the Way of Our Search for a "True" Self



The Body Is My Altar: How Women Are Trained to Serve the False Idols of Beauty



Body Bound: The Inescapability of the Body and the Elusiveness of Transcendence



Es Una Nena!: How the Current Spirituality Capitalizes on Our Sense of Powerlessness



Jars of Clay: The Vulnerability of the Body and Its Ultimate Betrayal



Daughters of Eve: Our Creation and the Origins of Our Shame



The Not-Always-Virgin Mary: Our Bodies as Places of Redemption



Made Flesh: How Jesus Takes Our Shame and Renews Our Imagination



A Holy Kiss: Creating a Place for the Body


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index