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The Obligated Self Mara H. Benjamin

The Obligated Self By Mara H. Benjamin

The Obligated Self by Mara H. Benjamin


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1. This book is one of the first Jewish theological treatments of motherhood and childrearing.

2. It is among the first feminist works to treat maternal experience as theologically productive.

3. It was awarded the 2017 Cashmere Subvention Grant in Jewish Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies from the AJS Women's Caucus.

The Obligated Self Summary

The Obligated Self: Maternal Subjectivity and Jewish Thought by Mara H. Benjamin

Mara H. Benjamin contends that the physical and psychological work of caring for children presents theologically fruitful but largely unexplored terrain for feminists. Attending to the constant, concrete, and urgent needs of children, she argues, necessitates engaging with profound questions concerning the responsible use of power in unequal relationships, the transformative influence of love, human fragility and vulnerability, and the embeddedness of self in relationships and obligations. Viewing child-rearing as an embodied practice, Benjamin's theological reflection invites a profound reengagement with Jewish sources from the Talmud to modern Jewish philosophy. Her contemporary feminist stance forges a convergence between Jewish theological anthropology and the demands of parental caregiving.

The Obligated Self Reviews

In this elegantly written, provocative, scholarly, and accessible work, Mara Benjamin contributes to the growing body of literature using maternal experience as a source for theology and religious ethics.

* Journal of the American Academy of Religion *

It is rare to find an academic text that is so creative, honest, and thoughtful, and uniquely contributes to multiple fields of inquiry-in this case, Jewish theology, feminist theory, and parenting. Bringing together a wide variety of resources in an artful display of academic research that is both intellectually stimulating and personally vulnerable, readers will find Benjamin's offering to be a continued reservoir for reflecting on what unites humanity perhaps more universally than anything else: that we have all been parented and most of us will also, at some point, embark on the risky, adventurous, deeply enriching journey of parenting.

* Journal of Jewish Identities *

In The Obligated Self: Maternal Subjectivity and Jewish Thought, Mara H. Benjamin offers a thought-provoking (and often humorous) meditation on motherhood as a prism for one's relationship with God. Inspired by Jewish thinkers, including Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber, and Emmanuel Levinas, Benjamin argues that relationships can be theologically productive.

-- Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern * YU News - Yeshiva University *

About Mara H. Benjamin

Mara H. Benjamin is Chair and Irene Kaplan Leiwant Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Mount Holyoke College. She is author of Rosenzweig's Bible: Reinventing Scripture for Jewish Modernity.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part I
Chapter 1: Obligation
Chapter 2: Love
Chapter 3: Power
Chapter 4: Teaching

Part II
Chapter 5: The Other
Chapter 6: The Third
Chapter 7: The Neighbor

Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

Additional information

NLS9780253034328
9780253034328
0253034329
The Obligated Self: Maternal Subjectivity and Jewish Thought by Mara H. Benjamin
New
Paperback
Indiana University Press
2018-05-24
182
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