
Attunement
The Art and Politics of Feminist Theology
Natalie Carnes(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 4. February 2025
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-19-776561-6 (ISBN)
Description
What is a feminist theologian to do with Christianity's patriarchal inheritance? She can avoid the most patriarchal aspects of the theological tradition and seek resources for constructive work elsewhere. Or she can critique misogynistic texts and artifacts, exposing their strategies of domination to warn against replicating them. Both approaches have merits and yet, without other interpretive strategies, they reaffirm that the theological tradition does not belong to women and others marginalized by gender. They cannot transform the discourse. But within feminist theology are the seeds of another approach, aimed at just such transformation by reworking the theological landscape to become hospitable to all those marginalized by gender. Attunement: The Art and Politics of Feminist Theology identifies trajectories resonant with this alternative approach and from them, describes and develops attunement as a third, generative path for feminist theologians.
Attunement is an aesthetically-invested approach to texts and artifacts that self-consciously co-creates as it interprets. Aware of what the text affords the reader, attunement constellates images, texts, and insights to build or augment positive affordances in the text and diminish negative ones. Natalie Carnes describes why this approach is significant for feminist theology, maps its roots in a long history of gender-marginalized individuals claiming authority, describes how it casts interpretation as both an aesthetic and political event, and notes how it might provide a way forward in vexed topics in feminist theology.
Attunement is an aesthetically-invested approach to texts and artifacts that self-consciously co-creates as it interprets. Aware of what the text affords the reader, attunement constellates images, texts, and insights to build or augment positive affordances in the text and diminish negative ones. Natalie Carnes describes why this approach is significant for feminist theology, maps its roots in a long history of gender-marginalized individuals claiming authority, describes how it casts interpretation as both an aesthetic and political event, and notes how it might provide a way forward in vexed topics in feminist theology.
Reviews / Votes
Attunement is a valuable text that seeks to move the feminist conversation beyond its previous state. This book will be of value to both students and practitioners in the field. * Choice * Natalie Carnes brings broad and deep scholarship to the proposal of "Attunement" as "an aesthetically invested approach to texts and artifacts." She makes a strong case for using this method to maximize both political readings and aesthetic appraisals. This is a promising way to bring previously marginalized voices into the mainstream of theological work. It is an important tool to use to engage religion in all of its many dimensions in the service of justice. * Water Women Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Religion *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
890 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-776561-6 (9780197765616)
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Person
Natalie Carnes is Professor of Theology and Affiliated Faculty in Women's and Gender Studies at Baylor University.
Author
Professor of Theology and Affiliated Faculty in Women's and Gender StudiesProfessor of Theology and Affiliated Faculty in Women's and Gender Studies, Baylor University
Content
Preface
Chapter One: Attunement
Chapter Two: Aesthetics
Chapter Three: Affordance
Chapter Four: Repair
Chapter One: Attunement
Chapter Two: Aesthetics
Chapter Three: Affordance
Chapter Four: Repair