Green Works of Love in a World of Violence

Feminism, Kierkegaard, and the Limits of Self-Sacrifice
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-16-154846-8
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 89, 217 Seiten

Reihe: Religion in Philosophy and Theology

Drawing on the thought of Kant, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche in order to illuminate and interrogate feminist critiques of self-sacrifice, Deidre Nicole Green relies on Kierkegaard's view of Christian love to offer a constructive theological framework for limiting self-sacrifice that resists an overly simplistic identification of self-sacrifice with love. Although Kierkegaard's Works of Love deems Christian love essentially sacrificial, his view of love also circumscribes the role of self-sacrifice within human life. Particularly, it offers the potential for a rigorous and empowering model of forgiveness that challenges traditional ideals of the submissive, permissive woman while keeping love central to the dialogue. Rather than passively accept unjust relationships, works of love must seek to ameliorate a world of violence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Green, Deidre Nicole

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Christliche Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Ethik, Moraltheologie, Sozialethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Acknowledgments;8
3;Preface;10
4;Contents;12
5;Introduction;16
5.1;1. Kierkegaard and Love;16
5.2;2. Definition of Key Terms;17
5.3;3. Methodology;18
5.4;4. Feminism and Kierkegaard;19
5.5;5. Description of Chapters;22
6;Chapter 1: The Problems of Self­Sacrifice: Womanist and Feminist Theological Perspectives;25
6.1;1. Condones Abuse and Justifies Violence;26
6.2;2. Necrophilia and Denial of the Female Body;31
6.3;3. Targets the Oppressed and Reifies Patriarchal Relations;39
6.4;4. Engenders Failure to be Self­Realizing, Self­Defining,and Self-Naming;44
6.5;5. Conclusion;51
7;Chapter 2: Selflessness as Sin: Daly, Nietzsche, and Kierkegaard;55
7.1;1. Mary Daly;55
7.2;2. Friedrich Nietzsche;64
7.3;3. Søren Kierkegaard;74
7.4;4. Conclusion;85
8;Chapter 3: Love and Trembling;86
8.1;1. Immanuel Kant on the Binding of Isaac;87
8.2;2. Kierkegaard on the Binding;92
8.3;3. Freedom;100
8.4;4. Love and Trembling;104
8.4.1;a) Attunement;106
8.4.2;b) Love as Solid Food;115
8.4.3;c) Abraham’s Trusting Love Protects against Deception;120
8.4.4;d) Absolute Duty to God;123
8.4.5;e) Doubt Affords a Test;125
8.5;5. Conclusion;129
9;Chapter 4: Envisioning Love: Freedom, Risk, and Right Relationship;130
9.1;1. Introduction;130
9.2;2. Kierkegaard on Christ;131
9.3;3. Following Christ;136
9.4;4. Picturing Risk: Kierkegaard and Ethical Vision;139
9.5;5. Womanist Thought and Feminist Ethics of Risk;144
9.6;6. Abraham Re-envisioned or, Risk and Trembling;151
9.7;7. The Woman who Loved Much;156
9.8;8. Kierkegaard on Love and Agency;162
9.9;9. Conclusion;163
10;Chapter 5: Works of Love in a World of Violence: Kierkegaard, Feminism, and the Limits of Self-sacrifice;165
10.1;1. Feminist Critiques of Self­sacrifice;166
10.2;2. Kierkegaard and Works of Love;168
10.3;3. A Self­Love;172
10.4;4. Feminist Ethics and Kierkegaard’s Ethic of Love;176
10.5;5. Works of Love in a World of Violence;179
10.5.1;a) Redoubling;180
10.5.2;b) Double Danger;181
10.6;6. Winning the One Overcome;185
10.7;7. Conclusion;187
11;Conclusion: Love’s Becoming: Self-Love and the Atonement of Christ;189
12;Acknowledgments;203
13;Bibliography;204
14;Index;216

Über Autor(innen)

Green, Deidre Nicole
Born 1981; 2007 MA in Religion from Yale Divinity School; 2012 PhD in Religion from Claremont Graduate University with specialization in Women's Studies in Religion and Philosophy of Religion and Theology.