God, Sexuality, and the Self: An Essay 'On The Trinity'

God, Sexuality and the Self is a new venture in systematic theology. Sarah Coakley invites the reader to re-conceive the relation of sexual desire and the desire for God and - through the lens of prayer practice - to chart the intrinsic connection of this relation to a theology of the Trinity. The goal is to integrate the demanding ascetical undertaking of prayer with the recovery of lost and neglected materials from the tradition and thus to reanimate doctrinal reflection both imaginatively and spiritually. What emerges is a vision of human longing for the triune God which is both edgy and compelling: Coakley's théologie totale questions standard shibboleths on 'sexuality' and 'gender' and thereby suggests a way beyond current destructive impasses in the churches. The book is clearly and accessibly written and will be of great interest to all scholars and students of theology.

• The New Asceticism
• Christ the Heart of Creation
• That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
• Powers and Submissions: Spirituality, Philosophy and Gender
• The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race
• Systematic Theology: Volume 1: The Triune God
• Being Human: Bodies, Minds, Persons
• A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation (15th Anniversary Edition with New Introduction by Author)
• Dancing with God: The Trinity from a Womanist Perspective
• The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ