Introducing Feminist Theology

includes index and biblioraphy

The "Why" and "What" of Christian Feminist Theology Why Feminism? What Is Feminism? Second-Wave Feminisms Third-Wave Feminisms Why Christian Feminist Theology? Types of Feminist Theology-Conclusions A Look Ahead Notes Feminist Perspectives on the Bible ........................ 46 A Spectrum of Viewpoints on the Bible What Is the Bible? 51 Biblical Translations 52 Contemporary Feminists and the Bible 54 Feminist Henneneutics and the Bible`s Formation 56 Stage One: Experiences of God`s Self-Disclosure, 56 Stage Two: Oral Repetition of Communal Stories, 58 ¿ Stage Three: Writing and Editing, 59 ¿ Stage Four: The Biblical Canon, 59 Feminist Henneneutics Applied to Biblical Passages Women and the Bible 65 Euro-American Feminist Biblical Scholarship 66 A Reconstruction of Eve`s Story. 66 ¿ The Patriarchal Paradigm Casts a Long Shadow, 71 ¿ The Tragedy of Sonless Women, 71 ¿ Women, Property of Men, 72 ¿ Remembering Partnership in the Old Testament, 73 ¿ New Testament, Patriarchy, and Liberation in Tension, 76 The Difference Social Location Makes When Women Interpret the Bible 79 Interpreting the Bible from a Womanist Perspective, 79 ¿ Hispanic Women and the Bible, 81 ¿ Sub-Saharan African and Asian Women and the Bible, 82 Feminist Perspectives on God ............................ 92 Euro-American Feminist Perspectives on Biblical God-Language 97 Major Names for God, 98 ¿ Functional Designations for God, 102 ¿ Analogies and Metaphors for God, 102 ¿ Female Personifications, 105 The Christian God, a Trinitarian Community 109 African American Womanist Perspectives on God 116 Hispanic Women`s Perspectives on God 120 An African Woman`s Perspective on God 122 A South Korean Woman`s Perspective on God 124 Feminist Perspectives on Women and the Church . . The Christian Church(es) Today The Christian Churches and Sacraments Ordination and the Christian Churches Women and the Sacrament of Priestly Ordination Women and Their Churches Euro-American Women and the Catholic Church Euro-American Women and the Protestant Churches African American Women and Their Churches Hispanic Women and Their Churches Conclusions A Look Ahead Notes Feminist Spirituality, God, Mary, and Her Sister Saints . Christian Spirituality Christian Feminist Spirituality Christian Feminist Spirituality and God Mary, Virgin Mother of God Mary in European and Euro-American Feminist Thought Mary in Latin American Feminist Spirituality Women Saints in Feminist Spirituality Feminist Perspectives on Ecology ........................ 219 Ecofeminism: A Twofold Advocacy for Women and Nonhuman Nature 222 The Logic of Ecofeminist Theory 224 The Major Strategies of Ecofeminists 226 ¿ Ecofeminist Grassroots Movements, 226 ¿ Hermeneutics of Suspicion and an Organic Vision of Nature, 229 ¿ Affirmation of the Sacredness of Nature, 232 Ecofeminism and the Divine 233 Christian Ecofeminist Theology in "Euro-America " 235 Christian Ecofeminist Theology in the Third World 248 Conclusions 253 Notes 254 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 258 Areas for Exploration 259 Recommended Readings 260