| Heart of the Cross: A Postcolonial Christology Contributor(s): Joh, Wonhee Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0664230636 ISBN-13: 9780664230630 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: Theologies have often pointed to the cross as a place of suffering and sacrifice, while feminist critiques have frequently argued against interpretations of the cross as patriarchal valorizing of suffering. W. Anne Joh points toward a new interpretation of the cross as a place of love, where God and humanity come together in a surprising way. She interprets the cross as performing a double gesture that has a subversive effect. The cross works simultaneously to pay homage to and menace complex oppressive powers. The cross as a double gesture speaks to those who have shifted from a typical politics of identity to political identities shaped more by postmodern ambiguities of difference. Utilizing the Korean concept of jeong (a notion that helps clarify how the double gesture of the cross inspires a new relationality), Joh constructs a theology that is feminist, political and love-centered, while acknowledging the cross as source of pain and suffering. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Christology - Religion | Christian Theology - Systematic |
| Dewey: 232 |
| LCCN: 2006042058 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.28" W x 9" (0.73 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Theologies have often pointed to the cross as a place of suffering and sacrifice, while feminist critiques have frequently argued against interpretations of the cross as patriarchal valorizing of suffering. Wonhee Anne Joh points toward a new interpretation of the cross as a place of love, where God and humanity come together in a surprising way. Interpreting the cross as performing a double gesture that has a subversive effect, Joh argues that the cross works simultaneously to pay homage to and to menace complex oppressive powers. Utilizing the Korean concept of jeong, Joh constructs a theology that is feminist, political and love-centered, while acknowledging the cross as source of pain and suffering. Joh's innovative vision is a call for political love that is stronger than powers of oppression. |
Contributor Bio(s): Joh, Wonhee Anne: - Wonhee Anne Joh is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. She is the author of In Proximity to the Other: A Postcolonial Theological Anthropology. |
