The savage side: Reclaiming violent models of God

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dc.contributor.advisorWyschogrod, Edith
dc.creatorCarroll, Beverlee Jill
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-03T23:54:15Z
dc.date.available2009-06-03T23:54:15Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.description.abstractThe goal of this work is to revive a version of natural theology, and to retheorize violence within a religious context in a way that accords with the multiple and varied, but universal human experience of violence in the natural world. Using the nature writing of Annie Dillard and the philosophical categories of Emmanuel Levinas, I propose models of deity based on violence in the natural world, and use these models to critique those offered by a dominant strand of American feminist religious thought. Finally, I argue that the religious vision that accompanies violent models of deity, unlike that of dominant feminist thought, accommodates in significant ways the insights of important critiques of religion.
dc.format.extent233 p.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS RELI. 1994 CARROLL
dc.identifier.citationCarroll, Beverlee Jill. "The savage side: Reclaiming violent models of God." (1994) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16716">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16716</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/16716
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectPhilosophy of Religion
dc.subjectAmerican literature
dc.subjectTheology
dc.titleThe savage side: Reclaiming violent models of God
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thesis.degree.departmentReligious Studies
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanities
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
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