Grounded in the body, in time and place, in scripture : papers by Australian women scholars in the Evangelical tradition / edited by Jill Firth and Denise Cooper-Clarke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Firth, Jill, Editor.

Cooper-Clarke, Denise, Editor.

Series:

Australian College of Theology monograph series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Women in Christianity.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Bible--Criticism and interpretation.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Wipf and Stock, [2021]

Summary:

"In my bibliographies there are no women in the Evangelical tradition, and no Australian women scholars." This unique volume addresses this gap, with eighteen Biblically rich and academically rigorous chapters by established and emerging Australian women scholars in the Evangelical tradition. The authors consider our relationship with the land and Indigenous peoples, neighborhood, embodiment, (dis)ability, abortion, leadership, work, architecture, the media, Song of Songs and domestic violence, and Jeremiah and weaponized rape, and demonstrate recent methodologies such as a social identity reading of Exodus, sensory readings of Psalms and John's Gospel, and discipleship readings of Mary and Martha and the woman at the well. A contemporary Kriol psalm and stories of pioneering Australian women theological students and teachers complete the volume. Valuable for students and teachers across Bible, theology, ministry, and practice subjects, this book is an essential inclusion in any theological library.

Contents:

Introduction / Denise Cooper-Clarke, Jill Firth

Part 1. Context

What can the birds of the land tell us? / Brooke Prentis

Grounded in Australia : learning from our First Peoples / Jude Long

Embodying Christ in the neighborhood : a reflection on place, home, and mission / Karina Kreminski

Purity : guarding the body corporate / Moyra Dale

Part 2. Old Testament explorations

The transformation of Israel's social identity / Katherine M. Smith

Embodied worship : the Psalms and the senses / Melinda Cousins

Descending from the hills of Gilead : undressing descriptions of the lover's body, and how Australian women can reclaim and embrace their embodiment / Erin Martine Sessions

Desert spring, dead dog waterhole, disappointment creek : is the God of the book of Jeremiah bad for women? / Jill Firth

Part 3. New Testament explorations

Grounded in his lordship : Mary, Martha, and me / Theresa Yu Lau

Sensory experience and the gospel of John / Louise Gosbell

At Jacob's well : re-grounding the Samaritan woman / Deborah Storie

Part 4. Applied theology

Wisdom cries out : towards a feminist Pentecostal theology of (dis)ability / Tanya Riches

Grounding our discussion of abortion / Denise Cooper-Clarke

Christianity in contemporary Australian media : "get your rosaries off my ovaries" / Enqi Weng

Grounded yet wandering : church architecture, space, and place / Elizabeth C. Culhane

Grounded in work as Christians / Kara Martin

Tethered between reality and aspiration : grounding and formative practices for Australian leaders / Monica O'Neil

Grandmothers of intention : women in Australian theological academia (1883-2003) / Jill Firth

Epilogue: Saam 151 / Carol Robertson; (translated by Kate Beer).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781725288799

1725288796

OCLC:

1507699857