Flesh Made Word

Emily A. Holmes is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Christian Brothers University. She previously served as co-chair of the Women and Religion section of the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.

• Preface Acknowledgments Introduction, The Problem of Incarnation 1 Attending to Word and Flesh, An Inclusive Incarnation 2 Hadewijch of Brabant and the Mother of Love 3 Angela of Foligno Writing the Body of Christ 4 Writing Annihilation with Marguerite Porete 5 Transcendence Incarnate, Apophatic Bodies and the Apophatic Christ Bibliography Index

"Flesh Made Word brings medieval mystical writers and post-modern theorists into dialogue in order to demonstrate their relevance for a contemporary feminist theology and a theology of the Incarnation. This is an engaging and elegant work of history and theology." -- M Shawn Copeland, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Boston College