In Praise of Woman-Spiritual Considerations(Volume 3)

IN PRAISE OF WOMAN Volume - Three In this volume, the author takes women on the path of an exciting spiritual challenge that faces them today, and makes them realize that the course of the world may be determined by their activities in this important field. The book, at great length, explains that in the spiritual quickening that is gradually taking place all over the world, the next and urgent step forward for women to take is to give greater dedication to their spiritual awakening. This is the best way to rectify the major gender discrepancies and move forward to greater enlightenment. DrFelix Podimattam is one of the best-known moral theologians in India and outside. Besides his full time job as a professor, he finds time to write books at an amazing rate. He has authored 85 books. Besides his Master's degree in Political Science from the University of Mysore, he holds a Licentiate in Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, and subsequently a Doctorate in Moral Theology from the Alphosian Academy, Rome, His post-doctoral studies were pursued in Washington, DC, U.S.A. At Present he is professor of moral theology at St. Francis Theological College, Kottayam, Kerala. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE. FEMINIST THEOLOGY 1. Notion of Feminist Theology 2. Sources of Feminist Theology. 2.1. God's Androgynous Nature 2.2. Man's Androgynous Nature 2.2.1. Notion of Androgyny 2.2.2. Arguments for Androgyny 2.2.2.1. Argument from Psychology 2.2.2.2. Argument from Biology 2.2.2.3. Argument from Reason 2.2.2.4.Argument from Myths 2.3. A Renewed Christian Anthropology 3. Feminist Approaches to the Bible, Theology and Liturgy 4. Feminist Mariology. 5. Feminist Ethics CHAPTER TWO. WOMEN'S SPIRITUALITY: THEORETICAL ASPECTS 1. Differential Spiritual Psychology 2. Definition of Women's Spirituality 3. Characteristics of Women's Spirituality. 3.1. Accent on the Bodily Experience of Woman 3.2. Pronounced Emphasis on Connectedness... 3.3. Rejection of Mind-Spirit/Body Dualism 3.4. Stress on the Importance of Freedom. 3.5. Reinterpretation of Power as Life-giving 4. Disabilities of Women's Spirituality 5. Strengths of Women's Spirituality 5.1. Woman's Moral Superiority. 5.2. Woman's Ethos as Agape... 5.3. Woman's Mystery of Kenosis 5.4. Woman's Gift of Healing Faith 5.5. Woman's Prayer Power 5.6. Woman's Creative Vocation. 5.7. Woman's Mission in the Work of Salvation 5.8. Woman's Grandeur according to Great People CHAPTER THREE. WOMEN'S SPIRITUALITY: PRACTICAL ASPECTS 1. Who is a Spiritual Woman?.. 2. Motherhood as a Spiritual Path. 3. Woman's Virtues... 4. The Sins of Woman 5. What a Wife Should Be. 6. Beauty of Woman, Beauty of God. 213 6.1. Theology of Woman's Beauty 6.1.1. Theology of Beauty 6.1.2. Beauty of Woman's Body. 6.1.3. Dignity of Woman's Body 6.1.4. Wonder of Woman's Body 6.2. Woman's Beauty and Spirituality. 6.3. Pastoral Aspects of Woman's Beauty 6.3.1. Proper Visual Enjoyment of Woman's Beaut.. 6.3.2. Exploitation of Woman's Beauty 6.3.2.1. Beauty Contest The Myth of the Most Beautiful Person Best Trainers in Action The Danger of Rigging.. Economic Interests as the Prime Moving Force Deleterious Effects of Beauty Contests Distastefulness Based on Moral Grounds. Pastoral Reflections 6.3.2.2.Woman in Women's Magazines 6.3.2.3. Woman in Newspapers 6.3.2.4.Woman in Advertizements 6.3.2.5. Woman in Humour 6.3.2.6. Woman in Love Songs 6.3.2.7. Woman in Films 6.3.3. How to Be Beautiful 6.3.3.1.Outer Beauty or Physical Beauty 6.3.3.2. Inner Beauty or Spiritual Beauty CONCLUSION END NOTES INDEX