Rediscovering Friendship : Awakening to the Power and Promise of Women's Friendships

by MOLTMANN-WENDEL ELISABETH

• ISBN13: 9780800634452
• ISBN10: 0800634454
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub

Summary

A theologian and journalist observes that the traditional models of friendship are changing. Observing this phenomenon, she elaborates its biblical affinities and its potential for enriching an often-friendless culture. In an honest style, Moltmann-Wendel finds in friendship new dimensions of adventure, consolation, self-knowledge, love, and political relevance.

Author Biography

Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel is a theologian and journalist and author

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(9)
Traditions of Friendship with God	10	(7)
The biblical basis	10	(4)
Later traces	14	(3)
From Friendship with God to Friendship between Women	17	(14)
Jurgen Moltmann	17	(1)
Sallie McFague	18	(2)
Carter Heyward	20	(3)
Mary Hunt	23	(2)
Hildegund Keul	25	(2)
Earthing friendship	27	(4)
Jesus, the Friend	31	(10)
Dying for friends	32	(3)
Wisdom's friendly meal	35	(3)
The friend in everyday life	38	(3)
The Last Supper as a Meal of Friendship	41	(10)
Self-surrender instead of sacrifice	43	(2)
The life-giving body of Jesus	45	(2)
Theogusty--tasting God	47	(4)
The Separation of God and Goodness	51	(15)
Women's experiences	52	(5)
Complicity	57	(3)
Forgiveness and healing	60	(6)
Jesus' Friend--Mary Magdalene	66	(16)
Motherhood versus friendship	68	(2)
The counter-story	70	(5)
The church in the spirit of Mary Magdalene	75	(3)
Mary Magdalene as a social symbol	78	(4)
Friendly Contacts: Tenderness and Eros	82	(17)
What is tenderness?	83	(3)
Political tenderness	86	(2)
Men discover tenderness	88	(2)
Eroticism as women's power	90	(3)
Eros in Christianity	93	(3)
From Eros to housework	96	(3)
My Body--My Friend	99	(9)
New knowledge of the body	101	(2)
Freeing oneself from false attributes	103	(1)
Healing self-insight	104	(2)
Natality and curiosity	106	(2)
Friendship with the Earth	108	(11)
The creative earth	110	(1)
The earth interceding for justice	111	(2)
The helping earth	113	(2)
The transforming power of the earth	115	(4)
Closing Thoughts	119	(2)
Notes	121