Creative disobedience / Dorothee Sölle ; translated by Lawrence W. Denef.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sölle, Dorothee

Standardized Title:

Phantasie und Gehorsam. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Obedience--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Obedience.

Christian ethics.

Women--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Women.

Physical Description:

xxi, 73 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Cleveland, Ohio : Pilgrim Press, 1995.

Summary:

Unquestioning obedience - in politics, religion, and gender roles - leads to disaster. But how are we to overcome these pernicious traditions without hurtling toward anarchy and antinomianism? In this updated edition of a classic text, theologian Dorothee Solle examines historical patterns of obedience and oppression and suggests a model of timeless "creative disobedience" that leads to liberation for all. Appealing to the figure of Jesus, whose earthly ministry was marked by submission to the will of God, not to oppressive institutions. Solle reminds us that this kind of revolutionary response is required of all of us. She also offers a revealing account of her own evolution as a female scholar searching for the meaning of God - a search that led not to a rejection of her faith, but to the theological justification of faithful and creative disobedience.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0829810196

OCLC:

31609067