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Althaus-Reid, Marcella, From Feminist Theology to Indecent Theology

Through Montaigne and Emerson, Vernon constructs a spirituality of friendship which valorizes the deep, transcendent relationship of the soul-friends. But I thought more could have been made of the spirituality of friendship or rather the very mystery of it as a royal route to the divine whose presence may be experienced as the myriad forms of friendship represented here. Vernon also rather skirts around the fact that we live in a virtual world where virtual friendships are formed in cyberspace, sometimes based upon entirely constructed personalities. The relationship between friendship and sacrifice, which in Christianity is the content of all love, might also have been an interesting area to explore in more depth. This is an enjoyable, scholarly but accessible read. In the end Vernon’s conclusions are thoroughly old fashioned but as postmodern as his methodology: wisdom and philosophy (and, therefore, he might have added, theology) begin in friendship. Elizabeth Stuart