The Abandoned Fiancée, or Against Subjection

Whistler, Daniel ORCID: 0000-0002-8662-3211 (2009) The Abandoned Fiancée, or Against Subjection. In: New Topics in Feminist Philosophy of Religion. Springer Netherlands,Dordrecht, pp. 127-145. ISBN 9781402068324

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In this chapter, I argue—in the wake of Michèle Le Doeuff—against the valorization of subjection that has taken hold of modern theology. Analysing Graham Ward’s Christ and Culture, I contend that the recent penchant for an ethics of kenosis in religious thought leads ultimately—despite explicit protestations to the contrary—to a conception of subjectivity as constituted in servitude before Christ. However, this criticism is not—pace Ward—to apply secular, Enlightenment values to a distinct post-secular realm; rather, in the second half of the chapter, I enter into dialogue with Le Doeuff’s criticisms of Søren Kierkegaard, in order to suggest that co-existing with Kierkegaard’s misogyny towards his abandoned fiancée, there is also an adherence in his work to a Le Doeuffean ethics of friendship. Thus, I conclude, Christianity is not incompatible with modernity.

Item Type:	Chapter
Uncontrolled Keywords:	5004 Religious Studies, 5005 Theology, 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies, 5 Gender Equality
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	11 May 2016 14:24
Last Modified:	16 May 2025 20:22
DOI:	10.1007/978-1-4020-6833-1_9
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3000311