G. Howie & Kenneth A. Loparo 
Women and the Divine 
Touching Transcendence

This collection explores the question of whether it is possible to re-concieve the catagory of trancendence from a feminist perspective. The contributors use the concept of transcendence to approach questions relating to the body, desire, and subjectivity, while offering a response to secular relativism.

Table of Content

Towards a Divine in the Feminine; L.Irigaray Transcendence and Feminist Philosophy: On Avoiding Apotheosis; P.S.Anderson Transcendence, Materialism and the Re-enchantment of Nature: Towards a Theological Materialism; P.Haynes Transcendence and Immanence: Coming of Age in Philosophy – Clare Colebrook Women, Sacrifice and Transcendence; M.Joy The Return of the Goddess: Femininity and Divine Leadership; B.Metcalfe Cutting ‘God’ Down to Size: Transcendence and the Feminine; M.King That Which is God; D.Hampson Islamic Spirituality and the Feminine Dimension; H.Jawad Shekhinah’s Kiss: Tracing the Inter-Face between Motherhood and God in the Holocaust; M.Raphael A Very Particular Body: Assessing the doctrine of Incarnation for affirming the Sacramentality of Female Embodiment; H.Bacon

About the author

GILLIAN HOWIE teaches at Liverpool University, UK.
J’ANNINE JOBLING teaches at Livepool Hope University,  UK.