Author : Michelle Voss Roberts
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 34,32 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664234496
Book Description
Philosophy and theology have each struggled with the problem of dualismùthe conviction that reality comprises material arid nonmaterial entities. Too often, this split places God, spirit, mind, and the masculine in opposition to evil, body, matter, and the feminine. These intellectual divisions support social structures that oppress rather than embrace women, the poor, people of color, and others. With this volume, Voss Roberts expertly shows how comparative theology uproots dualism and fosters new modes of community built on cooperation instead of oppression.