Material Mystery: The Flesh of the World in Three Mythic Bodies

Karmen MacKendrick

Published by Fordham University Press 2021

Material Mystery

The Flesh of the World in Three Mythic Bodies

Karmen MacKendrick

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823294572

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About this book

Material Mystery analyzes three anthropomorphic figures from religious myths: the bodies of Adam and Christ and the resurrected or “glorious” body. Using Jewish and Christian Wisdom traditions, the book argues that these myths help us to understand the interaction, interdependence, and divine character of all matter.

Shows how the new materialisms and ancient mysticism have much more in common than we tend to think.

Author / Editor information

MacKendrick Karmen :

Karmen MacKendrick is Professor of Philosophy at LeMoyne College. Her books include Failing Desire, Divine Enticement, and Word Made Skin.Karmen MacKendrick is Professor of Philosophy at LeMoyne College. Her books include Failing Desire, Divine Enticement, and Word Made Skin.

Reviews

Jeffrey W. Robbins, author of Radical Theology: A Vision for Change:
“Material Mystery is a landmark work that cuts through the traditional divides between philosophy and theology, religion and science, matter and spirit, and knowledge and mystery. By challenging our most cherished assumptions and modes of belief, MacKendrick opens up the Western religious and philosophical traditions to a nonstandard reading while also showing how integral the non-canonical and esoteric traditions can be to our contemporary understanding. A masterpiece of erudition, Material Mystery provides a moving, compelling, and timely synthesis of counter-traditional readings of ancient philosophy with biblical and gnostic literature and theology.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: New Materialism, Old Wisdom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Complex Truth: Myth, Facts, and Matter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2 Adam’s Skin: The Strangely Bounded Primal Person Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
3 Limitless Bounding: The Valentinian Body of Christ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
4 Glorious Return: Resurrected Bodies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199

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Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Creation Stories; Genesis; Immanent Divinity; Materialism; Middle Platonism; Mystery; Myth; Panentheism; Pantheism; Valentinian; Wisdom

eBook

Published: August 17, 2021
ISBN: 9780823294572