Encountering God and Being Human "Where the Wild Things Are": Maternal Experiences as an Eco-feminist Source for Theological Anthropology
Taking its point of departure in maternal experiences, this contribution develops a theological-anthropological notion of "wildness" - the relationships, processes, bodies, and events in created existence that cannot be controlled. First, the author argues in dialogue with eco-feminist and...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2018]
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Louvain studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 41, Issue: 3, Pages: 298-316 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Theological anthropology
/ Wildheit
/ Vulnerability
/ Motherhood
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| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology NBE Anthropology |
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| Summary: | Taking its point of departure in maternal experiences, this contribution develops a theological-anthropological notion of "wildness" - the relationships, processes, bodies, and events in created existence that cannot be controlled. First, the author argues in dialogue with eco-feminist and eco-theological perspectives for an embrace of the wild, and a healthy acceptance of the interdependence and vulnerability that it entails. Second, the author explores how experiences of mothering (in particular, of the maternal body and everyday parenting) appear as a rich site of wildness in which anxiety can be overcome by participation in life-giving processes. As such they hold great promise as a source for a thoroughly relational theological alternative to individualist anthropologies. Third, the need for critical discernment is raised, as vulnerability itself is not an unqualified good: at times it should be resisted as antithetical to human and planetary flourishing. |
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| ISSN: | 1783-161X |
| Reference: | Kritik in "A Theological Reconsideration of "the Wild" (2018)"
Kritik in "Weaving Theological Anthropology into Life (2018)" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Louvain studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/LS.41.3.3285319 |