Solid work on gender and the body in Christian theology. Jones looks specifically at Augustine and John Calvin, considering resurrection and holiness. I had more issues with this book than I expected (having read and greatly enjoyed Jones's work on the body elsewhere), but nothing was major, just a few quibbles. Marks of His Wounds is a dissertation revised for publication, and it really needed serious expansion (in my opinion) to be a landmark book on the topic. For example, Jones acknowledges

Solid work on gender and the body in Christian theology. Jones looks specifically at Augustine and John Calvin, considering resurrection and holiness. I had more issues with this book than I expected (having read and greatly enjoyed Jones's work on the body elsewhere), but nothing was major, just a few quibbles. Marks of His Wounds is a dissertation revised for publication, and it really needed serious expansion (in my opinion) to be a landmark book on the topic. For example, Jones acknowledges

Solid work on gender and the body in Christian theology. Jones looks specifically at Augustine and John Calvin, considering resurrection and holiness. I had more issues with this book than I expected (having read and greatly enjoyed Jones's work on the body elsewhere), but nothing was major, just a few quibbles. Marks of His Wounds is a dissertation revised for publication, and it really needed serious expansion (in my opinion) to be a landmark book on the topic. For example, Jones acknowledges

Solid work on gender and the body in Christian theology. Jones looks specifically at Augustine and John Calvin, considering resurrection and holiness. I had more issues with this book than I expected (having read and greatly enjoyed Jones's work on the body elsewhere), but nothing was major, just a few quibbles. Marks of His Wounds is a dissertation revised for publication, and it really needed serious expansion (in my opinion) to be a landmark book on the topic. For example, Jones acknowledges

Solid work on gender and the body in Christian theology. Jones looks specifically at Augustine and John Calvin, considering resurrection and holiness. I had more issues with this book than I expected (having read and greatly enjoyed Jones's work on the body elsewhere), but nothing was major, just a few quibbles. Marks of His Wounds is a dissertation revised for publication, and it really needed serious expansion (in my opinion) to be a landmark book on the topic. For example, Jones acknowledges

Solid work on gender and the body in Christian theology. Jones looks specifically at Augustine and John Calvin, considering resurrection and holiness. I had more issues with this book than I expected (having read and greatly enjoyed Jones's work on the body elsewhere), but nothing was major, just a few quibbles. Marks of His Wounds is a dissertation revised for publication, and it really needed serious expansion (in my opinion) to be a landmark book on the topic. For example, Jones acknowledges

I didn't have a great experience reading Rosemary Reuther and the like at my liberal Protestant seminary, but this volume has shown me the value of "feminism". Gender politics are a tough topic but I found this book very helpful and easy to read.

I didn't have a great experience reading Rosemary Reuther and the like at my liberal Protestant seminary, but this volume has shown me the value of "feminism". Gender politics are a tough topic but I found this book very helpful and easy to read.

I didn't have a great experience reading Rosemary Reuther and the like at my liberal Protestant seminary, but this volume has shown me the value of "feminism". Gender politics are a tough topic but I found this book very helpful and easy to read.

I didn't have a great experience reading Rosemary Reuther and the like at my liberal Protestant seminary, but this volume has shown me the value of "feminism". Gender politics are a tough topic but I found this book very helpful and easy to read.

I didn't have a great experience reading Rosemary Reuther and the like at my liberal Protestant seminary, but this volume has shown me the value of "feminism". Gender politics are a tough topic but I found this book very helpful and easy to read.

I can't lie, saying I finished reading this feels like a little bit of a stretch. After the third chapter which focused heavily on Calvin's theology of the body, I was a little unmotivated, just because I didn't find it all that interesting. Also, the last chapter of this book, I found very difficult to get through for, ya know, reasons. I definitely can understand the value of this book. It was cool to see an approach to Christian theology alongside feminist theory. However, for a few reasons,

One of the best works I’ve read on theology of the body. Jones turns to Augustine and Calvin as resources to ground a theology of the body which 1) acknowled the inherit goodness of bodies, 2) is honest about the utter brokenness of bodies, and 3) points to the hope of bodily resurrection. Although I was less interested in this aspect of the book, she also successfully demonstrates how such a theology of the body answers and critiques feminist concerns about embodied female existence. Jones is a...

This quote sums up a necessary look at gender politics centered around the resurrection: “because of the reality of sin, the solution of simply embracing all bodies as healthy and desirable is a misguided no solution. If we are to venture any normative political vision, normative bodies will emerge, and, in the realm of Christian theology, one body will have to norm other bodies, the crucified and risen body of Christ.”Thus, her argument centers not on gender unification, but common bodily form

This was the first book assigned my husband in his Ph.D. course work. Upon finishing he told me that I had to read it immediately. He was so right! This is an incredible work of theology that takes seriously the Christian Tradition, Scripture, and flesh in all it's bodily realities. There are few thinkers out there like Beth Felker Jones. This is a must read. I read this book before having the privilege of meeting the author. Her life and her theology walk hand in hand under the lordship of Chri...

This was the first book assigned my husband in his Ph.D. course work. Upon finishing he told me that I had to read it immediately. He was so right! This is an incredible work of theology that takes seriously the Christian Tradition, Scripture, and flesh in all it's bodily realities. There are few thinkers out there like Beth Felker Jones. This is a must read. I read this book before having the privilege of meeting the author. Her life and her theology walk hand in hand under the lordship of Chri...

This was the first book assigned my husband in his Ph.D. course work. Upon finishing he told me that I had to read it immediately. He was so right! This is an incredible work of theology that takes seriously the Christian Tradition, Scripture, and flesh in all it's bodily realities. There are few thinkers out there like Beth Felker Jones. This is a must read. I read this book before having the privilege of meeting the author. Her life and her theology walk hand in hand under the lordship of Chri...