The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology

by Edited by Susan Frank Parsons

• ISBN13: 9780521663274
• ISBN10: 052166327X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-12
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Feminist theology is a significant movement within contemporary theology. The aim of this Companion is to give an outline of feminist theology through an analysis of its overall shape and its major themes, so that both its place in and its contributions to the present changing theological landscape may be discerned. The two sections of the volume are designed to provide a comprehensive and critical introduction to feminist theology which is authoritative and up-to-date. Written by some of the main figures in feminist theology, as well as by younger scholars who are considering their inheritance, it offers fresh insights into the nature of feminist theological work. The book as a whole is intended to present a challenge for future scholarship, since it critically engages with the assumptions of feminist theology, and seeks to open ways for women after feminism to enter into the vocation of theology.

Author Biography

Pamela Sue Anderson is Fellow in Philosophy and Christian Ethics at Regent's Park College, University of Oxford Carol Christ is Director of the Ariadne Institute for the Study of Myth and Ritual in Molivos, Lesvos, Greece Celia Deane-Drummond is Professor of Theology and the Biological Sciences at Chester College of Higher Education, University of Liverpool Bridget Gilfillan Upton is Lecturer in New Testament at Heythrop College, University of London Rita M. Gross was Professor of Religion at the University of Wisconsin - EauClaire Valerie Karras is Assistant Professor of Greek Patristics in the Department of Theological Studies, Saint Louis University Kwok Pui-lan is William F. Cole Professor of Christian Theology and Spirituality at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts Mercy Amba Oduyoye is Director of the Institute of Women in Religion and Culture at Trinity Theological College in Ghana Susan Frank Parsons is Director of Pastoral Studies at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge Susan A. Ross is Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois Rosemary Radford Ruether is Georgia Harkness Professor of Applied Theology at the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois Nicola Slee is a freelance theologian and writer based at the Queen's Ecumenical Foundation, Birmingham Janet Martin Soskice is Reader in the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Cambridge

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	ix
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgements	xviii
Part one The shape of feminist theology
The emergence of Christian feminist theology	3	(20)
Rosemary Radford Ruether
Feminist theology as intercultural discourse	23	(17)
Kwok Pui-Lan
Feminist theology as philosophy of religion	40	(20)
Pamela Sue Anderson
Feminist theology as theology of religions	60	(19)
Rita M. Gross
Feminist theology as post-traditional thealogy	79	(18)
Carol P. Christ
Feminist theology as biblical hermeneutics	97	(17)
Bridget Gilfillan Upton
Feminist theology as dogmatic theology	114	(21)
Susan Frank Parsons
Part two The themes of feminist theology
Trinity and feminism	135	(16)
Janet Martin Soskice
Jesus Christ	151	(20)
Mercy Amba Oduyoye
The Holy Spirit and spirituality	171	(19)
Nicola Slee
Creation	190	(16)
Celia Deane-Drummond
Redeeming ethics	206	(18)
Susan Frank Parsons
Church and sacrament - community and worship	224	(19)
Susan A. Ross
Eschatology	243	(18)
Valerie A. Karras
Index of biblical citations	261	(1)
Index of names	262	(4)
Index of subjects	266