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An ecological feminist reading of the Gospel of Luke : a
gestational paradigm
Anne F. Elvey
Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2005.
ISBN: 077345974X
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Book description
As twice pregnant mother and committed keeper of the material
given and the plurality of Earth, Anne Elvey brings the sensitivity and
passion of experience, careful critical analysis and a poetic play of words
and metaphors into a complex web of dialogue with a wide range of critical
theory and biblical text in her ecological feminist reading of the Gospel of
Luke. She provides, therefore, a critical reading of the Lucan text
which will take its place among the variety of approaches to that gospel.
Her web of analysis is enhanced by dialogue with critical theorists from a
number of disciplines, a dialogue that augments her reading paradigm with
further metaphors not only in initial chapters but throughout the work as a
whole. In this too she stands on a cutting edge of biblical
scholarship represented in The Bible and Critical Theory Seminar co-ordinated by Roland Boer (also from Monash University) of which Elvey is
a member and in its new e-journal, The Bible and Critical Theory.
This book is a ground-breaking work not only in its providing an
integrated and integrative paradigm for an ecofeminist reading of the
biblical text but also in its engagement with critical thinkers and in the
creative, poetic and prophetic reading of the Gospel of Luck which will
catch up its reader into its web of new meaning. Other scholars will
be able to bring this paradigm for reading and meaning making to a wide
range of biblical texts in ways which, it is hoped, will increase the human
community's attentiveness to the material given of woman and Earth within
the intricate web of ecological interconnectedness.
About the author
Dr. Anne Elvey teaches in the School of Theology (Vic) at
Australian Catholic University and the Trinity College Theological
School, Trinity College, Melbourne. She is an honorary research
associate in the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies,
Monash University, Melbourne and adjunct member of the Golding Centre
for Women's History, Theology and Spirituality at Australian Catholic
University.
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