Limits of liberation : feminist theology and the ethics of poverty and reproduction / Elina Vuola.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vuola, Elina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberation theology.

Feminist theology--Latin America.

Feminist theology.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

viii, 268 ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, 2002.

Summary:

How far are the real lives of millions of poor women really catered for in liberation and feminist theologies? Vuola argues here that traditional liberation theology's notion of praxis (as in L .Boff and E. Dussel) is limited by its essentialist notion of 'poor' and its neglect of the issue of poor women's reproductive rights. Classical feminist theologies, on the other hand, are fraught with their own essentialist notions ('women's experience'). Both discourses are inadequate to deal with poor women's suffering: widespread maternal mortality, high rates of botched, illegal abortions, and an overall lack of reproductive rights. As a response to this lack, Vuola nurtures a form of Latin American feminist liberation theology that addresses directly the suffering and death of these millions of women.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [236]-261) and indexes.

ISBN:

1841273090

OCLC:

50937593