{"product_id":"queering-faith-in-fantasy-literature-fantastic-incarnations-and-the-deconstruction-of-theology-9781350231771","title":"Queering Faith in Fantasy Literature: Fantastic Incarnations and the Deconstruction of Theology","description":"\u003cp\u003eFantasy literature inhabits the realms of the orthodox \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e heterodox, the divine \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e demonic simultaneously, making it uniquely positioned to imaginatively re-envision Christian theology from a position of difference. Having an affinity for the monstrous and the 'other', and a preoccupation with desires and forms of embodiment that subvert dominant understandings of reality, fantasy texts hold hitherto unexplored potential for articulating queer and feminist religious perspectives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing primarily on fantastic literature of the mid- to late twentieth century, this book examines how Christian theology in the genre is dismantled, re-imagined and transformed from the margins of gender and sexuality. Aligning fantasy with Derrida's theories of deconstruction, Taylor Driggers explores how the genre can re-figure God as the 'other' excluded and erased from theology. Through careful readings of C.S. Lewis's \u003ci\u003eTill We Have Faces, \u003c\/i\u003e Angela Carter's \u003ci\u003eThe Passion of New Eve\u003c\/i\u003e, and Ursula K. Le Guin's \u003ci\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e and the Earthsea novels, Driggers contends that fantasy can challenge cis-normative, heterosexual, and patriarchal theology. Also engaging with the theories of Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray, Marcella Althaus-Reid, and Linn Marie Tonstad, this book demonstrates that whilst fantasy cannot save Christianity from itself, nor rehabilitate it for marginalised subjects, it confronts theology with its silenced others in a way that bypasses institutional debates on inclusion and leadership, asking how theology might be imagined otherwise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Taylor Driggers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Perspectives on Fantasy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350231771","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44135525875849,"sku":"9781350231771","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_0c5bf658-0037-4627-801d-ec4954d8552f.jpg?v=1748394972","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/queering-faith-in-fantasy-literature-fantastic-incarnations-and-the-deconstruction-of-theology-9781350231771","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}