Feminist Theological Ethics

by Daly, Lois K.

• ISBN13: 9780664253271
• ISBN10: 066425327X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-12-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr
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Summary

This volume considers the task of changing society's assumptions about women, analyses ways to challenge our culture's tradition, and explores ways in which we can live together in the modern world. A variety of issues, from reproduction to war, are discussed from an array of perspectives, including womanist and ecofeminist. The book is ideal for feminist theology and feminist ethics classes, and is sure to become an instant classic.The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field.

Table of Contents

General Editors' Introduction
Acknowledgments
Preface
Contributors
What Is Feminist Ethics? A Proposal for Continuing Discussion	p. 3
A Framework for Feminist Ethics	p. 13
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: The Womanist Dilemma in the Development of a Black Liberation Ethic	p. 33
The Color of Feminism: Or Speaking the Black Woman's Tongue	p. 42
Can We Be Different But Not Alienated? An Exchange of Letters	p. 59
Solidarity: Love of Neighbor in the 1980s	p. 77
Appropriation and Reciprocity in Womanist/Mujerista/Feminist Work	p. 88
The Spiritual Revolution: Women's Liberation as Theological Re-education	p. 121
Overcoming the Biblical and Traditional Subordination of Women	p. 135
Agape in Feminist Ethics	p. 146
Moral Values and Black Womanists	p. 160
Heterosexist Theology: Being Above It All	p. 172
Let Her Works Praise Her	p. 183
Feminist Theology and Bioethics	p. 192
Theology and Morality of Procreative Choice	p. 213
Reproductive Gifts and Gift Giving: The Altruistic Woman	p. 233
Love Your Enemy: Sex, Power, and Christian Ethics	p. 244
The Moral Landscapes of Embodiment	p. 262
On Healing the Nature/History Split in Feminist Thought	p. 271
Women Against Wasting the World: Notes on Eschatology and Ecology	p. 282
Ecofeminism, Reverence for Life, and Feminist Theological Ethics	p. 295
Medals on Our Blouses? A Feminist Theological Look at Women in Combat	p. 315
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