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The power and vulnerability of love a theological anthropology

Title
The power and vulnerability of love [electronic resource] : a theological anthropology / Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo.
ISBN
1451494203
9781451494204
1451484674
9781451484670
Published
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 PDF (xv, 343 pages).)
Local Notes
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Notes
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Description based on print version record.
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Summary
What is it about human beings that makes us capable and even desirous of inflicting terrible suffering on others (and ourselves)? If human beings--not God--are the cause of evils such as extreme poverty, violence, and oppression, it is imperative that we probe the depths of the human heart to uncover why we, who are made in the image of Divine Eros, fail so miserably to love. Gandolfo constructs a theological anthropology in response to these pivotal questions. Gandolfo maintains that such an anthropology--and a response to these questions--begins with the condition of human vulnerability. Drawing on women's experiences of maternity and natality, she argues that vulnerability is a dimension of human existence that causes us great anxiety, which in turn sets in motion tragic attempts by individuals and interest groups to eliminate their own vulnerability at the cost of vulnerable others. Yet, vulnerability not only forms the basis for violence but also affords the possibility of human openness to the redemptive work of divine love. Poised paradoxically between tragic and redemptive vulnerability, human beings need existential resources and empowering practices to cope with and manage our vulnerability in more courageous, peaceful, and compassionate ways.
Variant and related titles
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2015 Complete.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2015 Philosophy and Religion.
Other formats
Print version:
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 06, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-336) and index.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The vulnerability of the human condition
The fundamentals of human vulnerability : embodiment and interrelationality
The complexity of human vulnerability : perishing, conflict, and ambiguity
The violation of human vulnerability : anxiety, egocentrism, and violence
Violated vulnerability and the violence of privilege
The trinitarian dynamics of divine love and human redemption : a theological anthropology of resilience and resistance
Theological interlude and introduction to part two
Do not be afraid : the invulnerability of the Imago dei
And she gave birth : the vulnerability of the Imago's incarnation
Rachel's lament and Mary's flight : love's longing for abundant life
To suckle God with exercises of love
Practices of resilience and resistance : memory, contemplation, and solidarity
Conclusion : contemplating vulnerability.
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