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The Vagina Dialogues: Essentialist and Constructionist Views of Female Sexuality in Contemporary Feminist Theology

Ross, Karen E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1304106635

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2011, Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Dayton, Theological Studies.
This thesis involves close readings of both essentialist and constructionist theological views of female sexuality, specifically in regards to reproduction. In particular the philosophies of the female body in the writings of “essentialist” theologian Elizabeth Fox-Genovese and “constructionist” theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether are explored and analyzed. This thesis seeks to uncover new understandings of sexual freedom for women by examining both essentialist and constructionist views of female sexuality within contemporary feminist theology based on the various reactions to the Church’s teachings on reproduction and emerging feminist philosophy of gender.
Jana Bennett, PhD (Advisor)
Judith Martin, PhD, SSJ (Committee Member)
Sandra Yocum, PhD (Committee Member)
104 p.
Theology
Female Sexuality; Gender; Catholic Church; New Feminism

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  • Ross, K. E. (2011). The Vagina Dialogues: Essentialist and Constructionist Views of Female Sexuality in Contemporary Feminist Theology [Master's thesis, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1304106635

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ross, Karen. The Vagina Dialogues: Essentialist and Constructionist Views of Female Sexuality in Contemporary Feminist Theology. 2011. University of Dayton, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1304106635.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ross, Karen. "The Vagina Dialogues: Essentialist and Constructionist Views of Female Sexuality in Contemporary Feminist Theology." Master's thesis, University of Dayton, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1304106635

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