The Broken Body: Israel, Christ and Fragmentation (Coakley Sarah)(Paperback)

A fascinating collection of essays exploring a fresh contemporary approach to the person and doctrine of Jesus Christ How should Christians think about the person of Jesus Christ today? In this volume, Sarah Coakley argues that this question has to be ''broken open'' in new and unexpected ways: by an awareness of the deep spiritual demands of the christological task and its strikingly ''apophatic'' dimensions; by a probing of the paradoxical ways in which Judaism and Christianity are drawn together in Christ, even by those issues which seem to ''break'' them most decisively apart; and by an exploration of the mode of Christ''s presence in the eucharist, with its intensification, ''breaking'' and re-gathering of human desires. In this sequel to her celebrated earlier volume of essays, Powers and Submissions, Coakley returns to its unifying theme of divine power and contemplative submission, and weaves a new web of christological outcomes which remain replete with controversial implications for gender, spirituality and ethics. The Broken Body will be of interest to those working in the fields of systematic theology, philosophy of religion, early Christian studies, Jewish/Christian relations, and feminist and gender theory. "Fusing biblical and patristic theology, analytic philosophy, and spiritual tradition, Sarah Coakley has produced a fascinating, inspiring, and compelling account of Christ''s identity, and its importance for questions of life."—Professor Mark Wynn, Unive
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