Christian Feminist Theology A Constructive Interpretation

by Carmody, Denise L.

• ISBN13: 9781557865878
• ISBN10: 1557865876
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-01-09
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This new introductory text constructs a Christian feminist theology, and lays out a view of the world indebted to both traditional Christian faith and recent feminist thought critical of that faith. Throughout the book Professor Carmody weaves back and forth, trying to develop a conversation stimulating for both partners. Christians, she suggests, need to reconsider their traditional categories for dealing with God, nature, the self, and human community, under the challenge of feminists who find such categories inadequate and even destructive. And feminists need to stay in touch with the perennial questions of being, sin, grace, sacramentality, and the like, which have found some truly profound answers in the history of Christian theological speculation. The book will be suitable for undergraduate college or university students, and presupposes no background in theology.

Author Biography

Denise Lardner Carmody is Bernard J. Hanley Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: Constructive Christian Feminist Theology

Foundations

Revelation and Tradition

Creation: Nature and Ecology

Ecclesiology: Society and Politics

Anthropology: The Self Sick and Healthy

Theology: God So Far and Yet So Near

Practice: Ethics and Spirituality

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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