Karen O'Donnell

Desirable Belief

Theology

“In this timely and exquisitely written book, Kamitsuka has written the theology for which I have been longing. A deep and powerful meditation on the significance of the Song of Songs for contemporary theology and faith, Kamitsuka skillfully interweaves this erotic text with both doctrine and fiction. Song of Songs once held a place of centrality in the Christian spiritual tradition. In this work, Kamitsuka reminds us why and offers us fresh language to reclaim the Christian faith as full of embodied desire. At once groundbreaking and yet entirely in keeping with the goods of the Christian tradition, here eros takes center stage, not as simply metaphor but as sensuous, embodied desire at the heart of what it means to be human. This is a simply superb work of theology.”