{"product_id":"the-new-asceticism-sarah-coakley-9781441103222","title":"The New Asceticism: Sexuality, Gender and the Quest for God","description":"Each chapter of \u003ci\u003eThe New Asceticism\u003c\/i\u003e concentrates on a contentious issue in contemporary theology - the role of women in the churches, homosexuality and the priesthood, celibacy and the future of Christian asceticism - in an original thesis about the nature of desire which may start to heal many contemporary wounds. Professor Coakley is as familiar with the Bible and the Early Fathers as she is with the writings of Freud and Jung, and she draws heavily on Gregory of Nyssa's theology of desire in what she proposes. She points the way through the false modern alternatives of repression and libertinism, agape and eros, recovering a way in which desire can be freed from associations with promiscuity and disorder, and forging a new ascetical vision founded in the disciplines of prayer and attention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Coakley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1441103228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781441103222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Continuum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.50d","brand":"Sarah Coakley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995694661887,"sku":"9781441103222","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5086c17-0346-4465-a32d-ae20613484c0.jpg?v=1683337293","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-new-asceticism-sarah-coakley-9781441103222","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}