Passionate Embrace

Passionate Embrace
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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9780227176894
ISBN-13 : 0227176898
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Book Synopsis Passionate Embrace by : Elisabeth Gerle

Download or read book Passionate Embrace written by Elisabeth Gerle and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protestant ethics has often been associated with work and duty, excluding sensuality, sexuality and other pleasures. In an age of body worship as well as body loathing, Elisabeth Gerle explores new paths, embarking on a conversation with Martin Luther in dialogue with contemporary theologians on attitudes towards desire, ethics and politics. She draws on Eros theology to challenge traditional Lutheran stereotypes, such as the dichotomies between different forms of love, as well as between spirit and body. Gerle argues that Luther’s spiritual breakthrough, where grace and gifts of creation became central, provides new meaning to sex and desire as well as to work, body and ordinary life. Women are seen in a new light – as companions, autonomous ethical agents, part of the priesthood of all. This had revolutionary consequences in Europe at the time, and it represents a challenge to contemporary theologies with a nostalgic appetite for austerity, asceticism and female submission. Luther’s erotic and genderfluid language is a healthy challenge to oppressive political structures centred on greed, profit and competition. A revised Scandinavian creation theology and a deep sense of the incarnational mystery are resources for contemporary theology and ethics.


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