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In western Christianity, the mystic was seen as having direct access to God and great authority. Men controlled who counted as a mystic: women were excluded. Dr Jantzen's philosophical argument takes issues of gender seriously and makes use of them for a deconstructive approach to Christian mysticism.Grace M. Jantzen is the author of 'Power, Gender and Christian Mysticism (Cambridge Studies in Ideology and Religion)', published 1996 under ISBN 9780521473767 and ISBN 0521473764.
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