It takes a leap of faith for a forty-something suburban mother to
head back to school in search of answers to questions that have
long vexed theologians and philosophers. Matriculating into an Ivy
League university only heightens the challenge, but through
tenacious commitment, audacious ideas, a sense of humor and prayer,
this fledgling scholar learns to navigate her way amongst the
students and scholars of Yale Divinity School. Drawing upon course
work, assigned readings, submitted papers, and exams, this
entertaining and educational book brings to life the experience and
curriculum associated with earning a master of arts in religion.
Accentuated by anecdotes from the classroom, commentary, and
personal correspondence, the text is laced with scenes of family
life that intersect with profound observations on sacred scripture,
the timelessness of religious metaphors, and the power of ideas to
resonate across cultures and centuries. Unsatisfied by the
historical-critical approach to Biblical studies, the author
searches for professors and methods that speak to her own
sensibility. By a pleasantly providential stroke of luck, she
happens upon Aristotle's Poetics and her faith is turned upside
down. Join this spirited woman as she moves back in time and finds
herself in conversation with the Gospels through Aristotelian eyes.
Come along as she proposes that Christianity is about sex,
sacrifice, and sacrament and that the Roman Catholic Church,
through the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, sustains a
primordial balance between the sexes. Anyone interested in
exploring Christianity by occasionally wresting scholarship away
from the ivory tower and the pulpit will enjoy this remarkable and
surprising memoir. Elizabeth Carroll Trang has a master's degree in
religion and a bachelor's degree in Chinese language and
literature. Her interests include the fourth commandment (honor
your father and mother), filial piety, ancestors, the sense of
touch, intuition, and the Holy Eucharist. She and her husband have
two children and live in Tampa, Florida and Bethany Beach,
Delaware.
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