Feminist theologies : legacy and prospect / Rosemary Radford Ruether, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ruether, Rosemary Radford.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theology.

Physical Description:

vii, 175 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2007]

Summary:

This Volume and its Illustrious contributors trace the rapidly evolving feminist theological scene over the last generation and highlight specific contributions that have been and are being made on many fronts. Thirty-fifth-anniversary celebrations of pioneering work in women's studies in religion at the Center for Women and Religion, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, recently occasioned new reflection on the history and future of feminist theologies in many cultural and ethnic contexts around the world, including Asian, Hispanic, North American feminist, and womanist. Like the Center itself, this volume offers enlightening history, bracing analysis, and thoughtful proposals for the future of historical and theological disciplines. Although prominently Christian, the contributions also assayed feminist initiatives from Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism. Along with editor Rosemary Ruether, contributors include: Rita Nakashima Brock, Sandy Boucher, Peggy H. Cleveland, Pamela Cooper-White, Marcia Falk, Mary E. Hunt, Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan, Stephanie Y. Mitchem, Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Nayereh Tohidi, Mary Evelyn Tucker.

Contents:

The history of the Center for Women and Religion / Rosemary Radford Ruether. Reflections on the early years at CWR / Peggy H. Cleveland. The early 1990s: whose CWR? Whose feminism? / Pamela Cooper-White. Dreams, visions, and disconnects / Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan

Pacific, Asian, and North American Asian women's theologies / Rita Nakashima Brock

Latinas writing theology at the threshold of the twenty-first century / Nancy Pineda-Madrid

Finding questions and answers in womanist theology and ethics / Stephanie Y. Mitchem

Unfinished business: the flowering of feminist/womanist theologies / Mary E. Hunt

Muslim feminism and Islamic reformation: the case of Iran / Nayereh Tohidi

Appreciating the lineage of Buddhist feminist scholars / Sandy Boucher

Women, religion, and the challenge of the ecological crisis / Mary Evelyn Tucker

Prayer as poetry, poetry as prayer: a liturgist's exploration / Marcia Falk.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-175).

ISBN:

9780800638948

0800638948

OCLC:

74459070