ABSTRACT
The female body has been an object of oppression and control throughout history. 'Gender and Apocalyptic Desire' exposes the often-hidden links between the struggles of women and the conflict of good versus evil. The essays examine the collisions between feminist and apocalyptic thought, the ways in which apocalyptic belief functions as bodily discipline and cultural practice, and how some currents of apocalyptic desire can enable women's equality. A wide range of issues are examined, from anti-abortion terrorism to the stigmata of Christ and visions of Mary.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |14 pages
‘The Second Descent of the Spirit of Life from God':
The Assumption of Jemima Wilkinson
chapter |15 pages
Making Space, Taking Space:
The Dynamics of 1980s Peace Activist Women's Efforts to Reclaim and Transform the Public Arena
chapter |25 pages
‘Before, the Cup Was Filling Up. Now It Is Flowing Over':
The Eschatology of Fluids
chapter |15 pages
Visions of Mary, Wounds of Christ:
Women Stigmatics in the Apocalyptic Piety of Recent Marian Apparitions
