{"title":"Tina Beattie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTina Beattie\u003c\/strong\u003e offers profound insights into contemporary religious thought, exploring themes that challenge and enrich traditional theology. Her works invite readers to engage with spirituality in a way that is both intellectually rigorous and deeply personal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the \u003cem\u003eReligion \u0026amp; Spirituality\u003c\/em\u003e category, her books delve into the evolving nature of faith and belief, encouraging a reflective and thoughtful approach to the divine and human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-theology-of-becoming-by-tina-beattie-9781009535564","title":"A Theology of Becoming","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModern theological approaches to birth have been filtered through an androcentric lens, focusing more on ethical questions of contraception and abortion than on the significance of birth for what it means to be human. In the Catholic tradition, this has been influenced by doctrines and traditions surrounding Mary's virginal conception of Christ and painless birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Theology of Becoming\u003c\/i\u003e considers the challenges posed by maternal life to ideas and theories about pregnancy, childbirth, and the relationship between a woman and her newborn child. Reflecting on her maternal experiences through the lenses of feminist theory and Marian theology, the author sketches the contours of an incarnational theology that endows the birthing body with sacramental significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe concludes by asking what it would mean for theological anthropology to adopt this as the normative model of the person reborn through baptism into the body of the maternal Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47397720293612,"sku":"9781009535564","price":75.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/30e7ac42564ff768f63327cbb306a5d4.jpg?v=1773778979"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/tina-beattie.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}