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Carnal Knowledge of God: Embodied Love and the Movement for Justice
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Description
Theologian, pastor, and seasoned activist Rebecca M. M. Voelkel offers a theological vision of embodied love, informed by her own experience, research, and pastoral and organizing work with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and gender-queer persons. Voelkel lays out a theological approach that includes the Via Positiva, asserting and celebrating bodily integrity and empowerment; the Via Negativa, acknowledging and analyzing the ways in which vulnerable bodies are colonized; the Via Creativa, artistic expressions of social alternatives; and the Via Transformativa. The transformative way grounds action in what Voelkel calls “inaugural eschatology,” which anticipates and works toward a different future. Her theological vision is interwoven with wisdom gained from social change movement building, offering principles that will enable allies to work strategically to take advantage of what Voelkel and others see as a building "progressive wave."
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Contents
Introduction: Called to be Lovers in the Name of God
Part One: Via Positiva, The Positive Way
1. God in Creation: Carnal Knowledge
2. Incarnation and Incarnations
Part Two: Via Negativa, The Negative Way
3. Colonization and Sin
4. Sin and Suffering
Part Three: Via Creativa, The Creative Way
5. Alternatives to Despair
6. Embodied Practices of Hope
Part Four: Via Transformativa: The Transformative Way
7. The Already and the Not Yet
8. Eschatological Strategies: "Movement Building" Wisdom as a Test Case
9. This Historical Moment: Recognizing the Signs of the Times
Conclusion
Glossary of Terms