Feminist And Womanist Essays in Reformed Dogmatics

by Pauw, Amy Plantinga

• ISBN13: 9780664224370
• ISBN10: 0664224377
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-17
• Publisher: Presbyterian Pub Corp

Summary

This book is a collection of essays by thirteen feminist and womanist authors who locate themselves within the Reformed tradition. Topics explored include: the Trinity, creation, election, atonement, the church, fear, resistance, and vocation. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students interested in feminist theology.The Columbia Series in Reformed Theology represents a joint commitment by Columbia Theological Seminary and Westminster John Knox Press to provide theological resources from the Reformed tradition for the church today. This series examines theological and ethical issues that confront church and society in our own particular time and place.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Introduction	ix
Fear in the Reformed Tradition	1	(18)
Lynn Japinga
Glorious Creation, Beautiful Law	19	(21)
Serene Jones
``Ever to Be Reformed According to the Word of God'': Can the Scripture Principle Be Redeemed for Feminist Theology?	40	(18)
Dawn DeVries
Scandalous Presence: Incarnation and Trinity	58	(17)
Cynthia L. Rigby
``Chosen by Grace'': Reconsidering the Doctrine of Predestination	75	(20)
Margit Ernst-Habib
The Imago Dei and a Reformed Logic for Feminist/Womanist Critique	95	(12)
Mary McClintock Fulkerson
Calvin and the Personal Politics of Providence	107	(18)
Kalbryn A. McLean
Resurrecting the Atonement	125	(14)
Martha Schull Gilliss
Transformative Grace	139	(13)
Katie Geneva Cannon
Always Reforming, Always Resisting	152	(17)
Kristine A. Culp
Between Vocation and Work: A Womanist Notion of a Work Ethic	169	(20)
Joan M. Martin
The Graced Infirmity of the Church	189	(15)
Amy Plantinga Pauw
The Gifts of God for the People of God: Christian Feminism and Sacramental Theology	204	(17)
Leanne Van Dyk
Some Last Words about Eschatology	221	(4)
Amy Plantinga Pauw
Notes	225	(36)
Select Bibliography	261	(10)
Index of Names	271	(2)
Index of Subjects	273