Justice in the Making

by Harrison, Beverly Wildung; Bounds, Elizabeth M.; Brubaker, Pamela K.; Hicks, Jane E.; Legge, Marilyn J.

• ISBN13: 9780664227746
• ISBN10: 0664227740
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

Beverly Harrison has long fought for women and others at the margins, challenging the subjugating ways in which women's intellectual contributions, their gifts of ministerial leadership, and their reproductive capacity and sexual identity have been defined. This collection of essays and lectures, presented over the course of her career, demonstrates the progression of Harrison's contribution to the field of Christian ethics and the evolution of her thought in response to changing social realities.

Author Biography

Beverly Wildung Harrison is Carolyn Williams Beaird Professor Emerita of Christian Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York, where she taught for over thirty years Elizabeth M. Bounds is Associate Director of the Graduate Division of Religion and Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, Emory University Pamela K. Brubaker is Professor of Religion, California Lutheran University Jane E. Hicks is Assistant Professor of Ethics, St. John Fisher College Marilyn J. Legge is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, Emmanuel College of Victoria University, the University of Toronto Rebecca Todd Peters is Distinguished Emerging Scholar and Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Elon University Traci C. West is Associate Professor of Ethics and African American Studies, Drew University

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Editors' Introduction	xiii
Acknowledgments	xx
PART 1 The Tasks of Liberatory Feminist Ethics
Introduction	1	(4)
Jane E. Hicks
Traci C. West
Making Connections: Becoming a Feminist Ethicist	5	(9)
Traci C. West
The Dream of a Common Language: Toward a Normative Theory of Justice in Christian Ethics	14	(16)
Doing Christian Ethics	30	(8)
Feminist Realism	38	(7)
Feminist Musings on Community	45	(3)
Foreword to Welfare Policy (feminist critiques)	48	(5)
Human Sexuality and Mutuality	53	(13)
Challenging Sexual Ethics and Social Order	66	(13)
Jane E. Hicks
PART 2 Working with Protestant Traditions: Theological Liberalism and Feminist Transformations
Introduction	75	(4)
Elizabeth M. Bounds
Marilyn J. Legge
Working with Protestant Traditions: Liberalism and Beyond	79	(6)
Elizabeth M. Bounds
Niebuhr: Locating the Limits	85	(7)
On Harry Ward	92	(6)
On James Luther Adams	98	(4)
Restoring the Tapestry of Life: The Vocation of Feminist Theology	102	(11)
Feminist Thea(o)logies at the Millennium: ``Messy'' Continued Resistance or Surrender to Postmodern Academic Culture?	113	(16)
Dorothee Soelle as Pioneering Postmodernist	129	(16)
Working with Protestant Traditions: Feminist Transformations	145	(12)
Marilyn J. Legge
Part 3 Christian Ethical Praxis and Political Economy
Introduction	153	(4)
Pamela K. Brubaker
Rebecca Todd Peters
Reflecting on the Relationship between Politics and Economics	157	(5)
Rebecca Todd Peters
Socialism-Capitalism	162	(4)
Social Justice and Economic Orthodoxy: Structural Evils Neglected	166	(6)
Theology, Economics, and the Church	172	(13)
Toward a Christian Feminist Liberation Hermeneutic for Demystifying Class Reality in Local Congregations	185	(15)
The Fate of the Middle ``Class'' in Late Capitalism	200	(15)
Living in Resistance	215	(6)
Pamela K. Brubaker
Editors' Afterword	221	(16)
Editors' Biographies	237	(2)
Beverly Wildung Harrison: Bibliography of Writings	239	(7)
Jennifer L. Janzen-Ball
Index	246