The New Asceticism: Sexuality, Gender and the Quest for God

by Sarah Coakley

Each chapter of The New Asceticism concentrates on a contentious issue in contemporary theology - the role of women in the churches, homosexuality and the priesthood, celibacy and the future of Christian asceticism - in an original thesis about the nature of desire which may start to heal many contemporary wounds. Professor Coakley is as familiar with the Bible and the Early Fathers as she is with the writings of Freud and Jung, and she draws heavily...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441103228
• ISBN13: 9781441103222
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.4"