Feminist Interpretations of Saint Augustine

Judith Chelius Stark is Professor of Philosophy at Seton Hall University.

“Through the centuries, Augustine’s writings have been a major influence on Christian views of sexuality, gender, and women, as well as on such more traditional theological topics as the Trinity. In this volume—accessibly written for students and the general reader—contemporary women scholars from a variety of humanities disciplines explore how Augustine’s approach to these issues has shaped the Western social, cultural, and religious landscape.”—Elizabeth Clark, Duke University

• ContentsPrefaceIntroductionJudith Chelius Stark1.Augustine: Sexuality, Gender, and WomenRosemary Radford Ruether2.Monica: The Feminine Face of ChristAnne-Marie Bowery3.Augustine's Rhetoric of the Feminine in the Confessions: Woman as Mother, Woman as OtherFelecia McDuffie4.Confessing MonicaVirginia Burrus and Catherine Keller5.O Mother, Where Art Thou? In Search of Saint MonnicaRebecca Moore6.Not Nameless but Unnamed: The Woman Torn from Augustine's SideMargaret R. Miles7.Augustine's Letters to WomenJoanne McWilliam8.De cura feminarum: Augustine the Bishop, North African Women, and the Development of a Theology of Female NatureE. Ann Matter9.Augustine on Women: In God's Image, but Less SoJudith Chelius Stark10.To Remember Self, to Remember God: Augustine on Sexuality, Rationality, and the TrinityJulie B. Miller11.The Evanescence of Masculinity: Deferral in Saint Augustine's Confessions and Some Thoughts on Its Bearing on the Sex/Gender DebatePenelope Deutscher12. Poem: To Aurelius Augustine from the Mother of His SonAnn Conrad LammersSelect BibliographyContributorsIndex