The Normalizing Power of the Therapeutic God: Subjectivity, Religious Agency, and Shame before God

This article analyses autobiographical letters on (perceived) shameful sexuality and religiosity written by Finnish Lutheran women. It examines how the affect of shame constructs gendered, sexualized and religious subjectivity and agency as an effect of normalizing power within an individual’s relat...

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Main Author: Ratinen, Teemu (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Religion & gender
Year: 2019, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 50-69
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko / Woman / Sexuality / Shame / Religiosity / God's help / Psychotherapy
Further subjects:B religious agency
B Shame
B Finland
B Sexuality
B Subjectivity
B therapeutic culture
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