Introducing Feminist Theology

Author : Anne M. Clifford
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1570752389
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing Feminist Theology written by Anne M. Clifford and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing Feminist Theology responds to the questions "What is feminist theology?" and "Why is it important?" by considering the perspectives of women from around the globe who have very diverse life experience and relationships to God, Church and creation. Clifford introduces the major forms of feminist theology: "radical, " "reformist, " and "reconstructionist, " and highlights some of their specific characteristics.

Author : Lisa Isherwood
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781841272337
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing Feminist Theology written by Lisa Isherwood and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this highly popular introduction includes a new preface and each chapter has been revised to keep it as up-to-date as possible. 'Introducing Feminist Theology remains a lively and stimulating 'first read' for anyone embarking on feminist theology, as well as a first rate resource for those wishing to refresh their acquiantaince with it. Despite claims in some quarters that 'feminism' has been surpassed by 'gender' this book explains how vital a feminist agenda remains, and how much is still to be done, both at the theological and the practical level, to transform Christianity from two centuries of male-gendered discourse and ecclesiastical structure into a religion that adequately reflects the life of modern women.

Author : Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608332527
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wisdom Ways written by Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lisa Isherwood
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567487474
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing Body Theology written by Lisa Isherwood and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1998-07-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out to examine the ambiguous relationship that Christianity has with the body. Incarnation is central to Christian belief but that doctrine has not encouraged a positive theology of the body. The authors explore why this has been so and examine ways in which a more body-positive theology can be developed using our Christian heritage. Starting from a feminist perspective they reclaim women's bodies from the embrace of patriarchy and in doing so clearly show how this reclamation challenges many systems of oppression. This work illustrates that the personal is political, even in theology!

Author : Kwok Pui-lan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567273555
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing Asian Feminist Theology written by Kwok Pui-lan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2000-07-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asian women comprise more than a quarter of the world's population, and the forms in which they express feminist theology are many and varied, extending through grassroots movements, theological networks, ecumenical conferences and journals. Those involved in the process include community organizers, theological students, church leaders and social activists, among whom even the concept 'feminism' assumes many definitions and substitutes. Kwok Pui-lan's introduction to this huge subject begins with a survey of the social, political and cultural contexts of Asian women's experiences, and then traces the emergence of feminist consciousness and the organization of women's networks. She describes the resources of Asian feminist theology and the appropriation of Asian religious traditions, and considers the reconstructions of the concept of God in inclusive categories. Finally, she summarizes Asian women's critique of the patriarchal church and outlines the search for a new spirituality that express women's embodiedness and sexuality.

Author : Natalie K. Watson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606081608
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing Feminist Ecclesiology written by Natalie K. Watson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing Feminist Ecclesiology explores women's experiences of being church and reclaiming the church in order to rebuild it as a meaningful, open sacramental space where everybody's presence is celebrated. Natalie Watson proposes a creative and constructive dialog with existing theological approaches to the church, from different Christian traditions as well as more recent feminist theologians, and suggests the development of criteria that hear women's experiences of being church and reclaiming church into speech. The church is the embodied reality of all women children and men whose stories tell the story of the Triune God.

Author : Mercy Oduyoye
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781841271439
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing African Women's Theology written by Mercy Oduyoye and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume describes the context and methodology of Christian theology by Africans in the past two decades and provides brief descriptions of sample treatments of theological issues, such as creation, Christology, ecclesiology and eschatology. The aim of the book is to lead interested persons to the sources of African women's Christian theology. Throughout an effort has been made to illustrate how African culture and the multi-religious context has influenced Christian women's selection of theological issues. The importance of daily life to theology and the attempt to probe the spirituality of African Christian women is also evident in this introduction to African women's theology.

Author : Rosemary Radford Ruether
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1850758883
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing Redemption in Christian Feminism written by Rosemary Radford Ruether and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity begins with what appears to be an inclusive promise of redemption in Christ without regard to gender. Paul proclaimed that 'In Christ there is no more male and female.' Yet Christianity soon developed a patriarchal social structure, excluding women from public ministry, with the argument that women were created subordinate in nature and were more culpable for sin. Here, distinguished feminist theologian, Rosemary Ruether, traces the tension between patriarchal and egalitarian patterns in Christian theology historically. She then examines key theological themes--Christology, the self, the cross and future hope--in the light of her critique.

Author : Lisa Isherwood
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781841272504
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing Feminist Christologies written by Lisa Isherwood and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume critically engages with the problems traditional Christology raises for feminist theology. It also explores the creative engagements of feminist theologians with the person of Jesus.

Author : Heather Eaton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567362752
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing Ecofeminist Theologies written by Heather Eaton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2005-02-07 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about ecofeminism and its encounter with theology, predominantly that of Christian theology in Euro-western contexts. It introduces and explores ecofeminism and the encounter. The goal is to understand the significance and implications of ecofeminism and its contribution and challenge to theology. A further goal is to assist ecofeminist theology, or theologies, to be more effective in preventing ecological ruin, assisting women's struggles for freedom and supporting the flourishing of all life on earth. Ecofeminism represents ways of discerning associations of many kinds between the feminist and ecological movements, and between the oppression and domination of both women and the earth. Ecofeminism is an insight, referring to critical analyses, political actions, historical research, intuitions and ideals. The ecological crisis is creating a pivotal moral and religious challenge, and new contexts for theology. There is a renewed spiritual sensitivity towards the natural world. We are in a time of a spiritual awakening, wherein the earth and all life are experienced, as sacred, where it is possible to experience awe and wonder, and encounter the ineffable. Ecofeminist theologies are at the intersection of these ideas and experiences. They are the efforts of particular people who see and experience possibilities for greater life, more justice and freedom. They do not accept that injustice and ecological ruin are inevitable. Ecofeminist efforts are directed towards reducing further ecological and social devastation, and awakening consciousness to the immense beauty and elegance of all life on this fragile yet awesome blue-green planet.