Research Catalog

Title

Handmaid : the power of names in theology and society / Caroline N. Mbonu.

Author

Mbonu, Caroline N.

Publication

Eugene, Or. : Wipf & Stock Publishers, c2010.

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Description

xix, 136 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

A bold but balanced interpretation of the biblical concept doulē or handmaid, lifting it from servility before men to faithful servant-hood to God alone, to community leadership and to comradship with God his creative and redemptive work. The discussion of Mary as Handmaid centers on the role of women in Catholic theology, so she becomes the vehicle for examining the role of the second-class citizen assigned to women in the Church, then and now. Drawing from textual and oral history, the book reinterprets in a liberative manner female names both from the Igbo tradition as well as Chinua Achebe's Anthills of the Savanna.

Subject

• Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Doulē (The Greek word)
• Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint > Titles
• Names in the Bible
• Servant leadership > Africa
• Women in the Bible

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-136).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Handmaid : situating the word -- Handmaid : the doulē and Israel's doulas figures -- The handmaid : Mary of Nazareth -- The power of naming in African-Igbo culture -- The doulē : biblical and contemporary.

ISBN

• 1608997618
• 9781608997619

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library