Divinity, Incarnation and Intersubjectivity
On Ethical Formation and Spiritual Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4079696 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pamela Sue Anderson (University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 335-356 |
| Publication date | 2006-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2006.00025.x |
| OpenAlex | W2154032988 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
In what sense, if any, does the dominant conception of the traditional theistic God as disembodied inform our embodied experiences? Feminist philosophers of religion have been either explicitly or implicitly preoccupied by a philosophical failure to address such questions concerning embodiment and its relationship to the divine. To redress this failure, certain feminist philosophers have sought to appropriate Luce Irigaray's argument that embodied divinity depends upon women themselves becoming divine. This article assesses weaknesses in the Irigarayan position, notably the problematic move from a woman's subjectivity to divinity. In the light of these weaknesses the author looks for a better alternative. Drawing on the work of feminist and non-feminist philosophers, a feminist-friendly conception of theism is sketched in terms of incarnation and intersubjectivity. Philosophical accounts of the ethical formation of gendered subjects by way of bodily practices offer new concepts for confronting and transforming the discursive tradition of philosophy of religion. With these concepts, the formation of women's collective historical experience within a tradition mediated by philosophical texts takes on new significance for feminist philosophy of religion
Divinity · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Feminism · Feminist philosophy · Feminist theory · Incarnation · Intersubjectivity · Philosophical methodology · Sociology · Subjectivity · Theism · Theology · Gender Studies · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Philosophy · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2016 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |