Justice in the making : feminist social ethics / Beverly Wildung Harrison ; edited by Elizabeth M. Bounds ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, Beverly Wildung, 1932-2012.

Contributor:

Bounds, Elizabeth M., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist ethics.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

xx, 252 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, [2004]

Summary:

Beverly Harrison has long fought for women and others at the margins, challenging the subjugating ways in which women's intellectual contributions, their gifts of ministerial leadership, and their reproductive capacity and sexual identity have been defined. This collection of essays and lectures, presented over the course of her career, demonstrates the progression of Harrison's contribution to the field of Christian ethics and the evolution of her thought in response to changing social realities. Throughout the volume, conversations between Harrison and the editors update and amplify her views.

Contents:

Part 1 The Tasks of Liberatory Feminist Ethics

1 Making Connections: Becoming a Feminist Ethicist / Interview by Traci C. West 5

2 The Dream of a Common Language: Toward a Normative Theory of Justice in Christian Ethics 14

3 Doing Christian Ethics 30

4 Feminist Realism 38

5 Feminist Musings on Community 45

6 Foreword to Welfare Policy [feminist critiques] 48

7 Human Sexuality and Mutuality 53

8 Challenging Sexual Ethics and Social Order / Interview by Jane E. Hicks 66

Part 2 Working with Protestant Traditions: Theological Liberalism and Feminist Transformations

9 Working with Protestant Traditions: Liberalism and Beyond / Interview by Elizabeth M. Bounds 79

10 Niebuhr: Locating the Limits 85

11 On Harry Ward 92

12 On James Luther Adams 98

13 Restoring the Tapestry of Life: The Vocation of Feminist Theology 102

14 Feminist Thea(o)logies at the Millennium: "Messy" Continued Resistance or Surrender to Postmodern Academic Culture? 113

15 Dorothee Soelle as Pioneering Postmodernist 129

16 Working with Protestant Traditions: Feminist Transformations / Interview by Marilyn J. Legge 145

Part 3 Christian Ethical Praxis and Political Economy

17 Reflecting on the Relationship between Politics and Economics / Interview by Rebecca Todd Peters 157

18 Socialism-Capitalism 162

19 Social Justice and Economic Orthodoxy: Structural Evils Neglected 166

20 Theology, Economics, and the Church 172

21 Toward a Christian Feminist Liberation Hermeneutic for Demystifying Class Reality in Local Congregations 185

22 The Fate of the Middle "Class" in Late Capitalism 200

23 Living in Resistance / Interview by Pamela K. Brubaker 215

Beverly Wildung Harrison: Bibliography of Writings / Jennifer L. Janzen-Ball 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index.

ISBN:

0664227740

OCLC:

55681647