The Faithfulness of Self-Realisation : No Longer an Object

This book focuses on self-realisation as a faithful way to pursue relationship with God.It considers the issue of objectification faced by women within Christian religion and makes a theological case for the pursuit of selfhood, as understood in an existentialist ontology, which is not selfish or individualistic.For many Christian women there is arguably a belief that relationship with God requires a form of selflessness in which their self must be abnegated in order to embody faithful Christian living.The author explores how self-realisation could function as a remedy for objectification and allow women to truly Be in relationship with God.Firstly, Simone de Beauvoir’s work on objectification and women’s situation establishes a foundation for considering the importance of self-realisation and the possibility of this as a relational, not individualistic, framework.Then, considered with Kathryn Tanner’s work on divine transcendence and immanence, relationship with God can be considered