After the locusts : letters from a landscape of faith / Denise M. Ackermann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ackermann, Denise.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theology--South Africa.

Feminist theology.

Christian life--South Africa.

Christian life.

Ackermann, Denise.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

xviii, 180 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans ; Glosderry, Republic of South Africa : D. Philip Publishers, 2003.

Summary:

This unique collection of six letters written by Denise Ackermann to family and friends both living and dead is one woman's account of her life, faith, and work as an Anglican theologian during South Africa's apartheid years and afterwards.

In the letters, which are intensely personal memoirs as well as review of the theological and political issues that have marked her career as a feminist Christian in a deeply wounded society, Ackermann discusses such issues as identity and difference, her struggles with sexism and racism, the power of naming, the evils of the apartheid years, the scourge of AIDS, and the function of faith in the midst of misery and conflict.

Contents:

1. To My Granddaughters on the Vexed Questions of Identity, Difference, and Faith 1

2. To My Mother on Being a Theologian and Not a Dominee 23

3. To Elfriede on Locusts and Bodies 64

4. To My Children on the Language of Lament 98

5. To Francis on a Bag of Holy Tricks for the Journey 129

6. A Postscript for Seth 176.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0802810195

0864866046

OCLC:

51800362