A01=Jaimee van Gemerden
Author_Jaimee van Gemerden
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Christian anthropology
Christian theology
divine immanence
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existentialist ontology
existentialist philosophy
faithful
feminism
feminist Christian selfhood theory
feminist theology
God
human-divine
Kathryn Tanner
kenosis
kenosis practice
naming
objectification
objectification of women
relationship
religion
Sartre
Self-realisation
Selfhood
Simone de Beauvoir
storytelling
Women
Product details
- ISBN 9781041134879
- Weight: 560g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Apr 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book focuses on self-realisation as a faithful way to pursue relationship with God. It considers the issue of objectification faced by women within Christian religion and makes a theological case for the pursuit of selfhood, as understood in an existentialist ontology, which is not selfish or individualistic. For many Christian women, there is arguably a belief that relationship with God requires a form of selflessness in which their self must be abnegated in order to embody faithful Christian living. The author explores how self-realisation could function as a remedy for objectification and allow women to truly Be in relationship with God. Firstly, Simone de Beauvoir’s work on objectification and women’s situation establishes a foundation for considering the importance of self-realisation and the possibility of this as a relational, not individualistic, framework. Then, considered with Kathryn Tanner’s work on divine transcendence and immanence, relationship with God can be considered as something which does not overwhelm human particularity, but rather is the place where the self is encouraged and empowered to fully Be. Finally, practices of kenosis and story-telling are offered as avenues for the abnegation of objectification and the realisation of the self in relationship with others and with God. Ultimately, this volume shows that the self is no longer something to lose or hide in dependence on an Other, there is no longer an imperative to be objectified, but, rather, there is an encouragement to self-realisation as part of a faithful relationship with God. This book will be of particular interest to scholars of feminist theology.
Jaimee van Gemerden holds a PhD in theology from the University of Otago, New Zealand.
