Feminist Reconstructions of Christian Doctrine
Title | Feminist Reconstructions of Christian Doctrine PDF eBook |
Author | Kathryn Greene-McCreight |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2000-03-09 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 019535172X |
What is the relationship between feminist theology and classical Christian theology? Is feminist theology "Christian," and if so, in what respect and to what extent? This study seeks to analyze and evaluate the relation of feminist "reconstructions" to traditional Christian teaching. Greene-McCreight uses the extent to which the biblical depiction of God is allowed to guide theological hermeneutics as a test of orthodoxy. She looks at the writings of a wide range of contemporary feminist theologians, discusses their doctrinal patterns, and demonstrates how the Bible is used in undergirding their theological reconstructions.
In Memory of Her
Title | In Memory of Her PDF eBook |
Author | Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza |
Publisher | Crossroad Publishing |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
This brilliant scholarly treatise succeeds in bringing to our consciousness women who played an important role in the origins of Christianity. -- From product description.
What Will Happen to God?
Title | What Will Happen to God? PDF eBook |
Author | William Oddie |
Publisher | |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
A searing analysts of the feminist agenda inside the Catholic Church
Is There a Future for Feminist Theology?
Title | Is There a Future for Feminist Theology? PDF eBook |
Author | Deborah Sawyer |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1999-10-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0567182339 |
This collection was conceived at a time of apparent crisis within the academy of feminist theology. During the last two decades feminist theology has provided a critique of religious-and in particular Christian-institutions, scriptures, symbols and rituals. But as we reach the new millennium, the question needs to be asked: has this project of analysis and reconstruction based upon feminist principles run its natural course? These contributions answer this question through a reappraisal of feminist theology's achievements and by exploring the diverse possibilities for its future within the broader category of gender and religion.
Introducing Redemption in Christian Feminism
Title | Introducing Redemption in Christian Feminism PDF eBook |
Author | Rosemary Radford Ruether |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 135 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1850758883 |
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.
Feminism & Christianity
Title | Feminism & Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Denise Lardner Carmody |
Publisher | University Press of America |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780819178558 |
Seeking to uncover the places where feminism and Christianity, taken as deep spiritual paths, converge, the author shows that theism adds a dimension to life that the feminist movement needs. Conversely, she points out that Christianity can benefit from some of the messages that feminists are projecting. She focuses on the dimensions of divinity (theology), self (psychology), society (sociology) and nature (ecology). Her balanced perspective should appeal to both feminists and Christians of both sexes. Originally published in 1982 by Abingdon Press.
Women in Christ
Title | Women in Christ PDF eBook |
Author | Michele M. Schumacher |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 366 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780802812940 |
The challenge of promoting the "new feminism" has barely been addressed since it was first launched by Pope John Paul II in his 1995 encyclical Evangelium vitae. The thirteen contributors in this book, all outstanding international scholars, take up this task, together laying the necessary theoretical foundation for the new feminism. These chapters articulate an integral philosophical and theological understanding of persons that moves beyond patriarchy on the one hand and traditional feminism on the other. Central to the new perspective offered here is the biblical revelation of the human person - man and woman - in Christ, a vision that directs women beyond the "male" standard against which they have too often been measured. Far from constraining women to an "eternal essence," the dynamic view presented here encourages each woman to realize herself in perfect Christian freedom.