The figure of the feminine side of Christ is widely present in art and in feminist theology, but the risen Christa has not so far been explored. In this ground-breaking book, Nicola Slee, writing in a mixture of reflection, poetry and images, revisits many of the central narratives of the gospels and key Christological themes, re-imagining them through the eyes and voice of the Christa, offering original and creative perspectives as a resource for theology and spirituality. This book is in quest of a risen Christa who invites women and men to leave behind a clinging, dependent relationship with God and to discover a wider, freer Christ.
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Nicola Slee is Research Fellow and Team Leader for the M.A. in Applied Theological Studies at the Queen's Foundation, Birmingham. The author of numerous articles, her previous books include Faith and Feminism (D.L.T. 2003) and Praying Like a Woman (S.P.C.K. 2004).
Inhalt
Preface
Seeking the risen Christa
Introduction
Come as a girl
Nativity and incarnation
The table of women
Maundy Thursday
4 Christa crucified
Good Friday
5 The feminist gap
Holy Saturday
6 Christa rising
Easter
7 The kin-dom of Christa
Ascension and after
Christa collects
Notes, sources and acknowledgements
Index of titles and first lines