Grace Jantzen

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Grace Marion Jantzen (24 May 1948 – 2 May 2006) was a Canadian feminist philosopher and theologian. She was professor of religion, culture and gender at Manchester University from 1996 until her death from cancer at the age of 57.

In Becoming Divine: Towards a Feminist Philosophy of Religion, Jantzen proposed a new philosophy of religion from a feminist perspective. She also authored works on Christian mysticism and the foundations of modernity. Her approach was influenced by Continental scholarship, particularly that of Foucault.

In her final publication, Foundations of Violence, Jantzen, sketches the fascination with death and violence—what she calls a 'necrophilia' -- that she believes has characterized much of Western culture from classical antiquity through Christianity to present paradigms. In Jantzen's view, this emphasis on violence and death comes at the expense of the physical body in the present (a denigration of the senses, sexuality and sensuality), and thus, establishes a yearning for mystical worlds beyond the here and now.

Select bibliography

  • God's World, God's Body (1984)
  • Julian of Norwich: Mystic and Theologian (1987)
  • Power, Gender and Christian Mysticism (1995)
  • Becoming Divine: Towards a Feminist Philosophy of Religion (1998)
  • Foundations of Violence (2004)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Grace Jantzen (1948-2006)". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. 17 March 2009.
  2. ^ Carrette, Jeremy (11 May 2006). "Grace Jantzen". Obituary. London, UK: Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Grace Jantzen (1948-2006)" (PDF). Feminist Theology. 15 (1): 121–23. 2006. doi:10.1177/0966735006071131. S2CID 220709290.
  4. ^ Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity, "Death, Feminist Views of" by Kathleen O'Grady. Daniel Patte (ed.), 2010.
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