TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clifford, Anne M
AU  - Clifford,Anne M
TI  - Introducing Feminist Theology
SN  - 1570752389   
U1  - C27.5 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - Orbis Books
N1  - 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
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