The Cambridge Companion To FeministTheology

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Notes on contributors......Page 11
Preface......Page 15
Acknowledgements......Page 20
Part one The shape of feminist theology......Page 21
1 The emergence of Christian feminist theology......Page 23
Notes......Page 38
Selected reading......Page 42
2 Feminist theology as intercultural discourse......Page 43
THE INTERCULTURAL ORIGINS OF FEMINIST THEOLOGY......Page 44
CRITIQUE OF UNIVERSALISING AND DISCOURSE ON DIFFERENCE......Page 48
FEMINIST THEOLOGY IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM......Page 53
Notes......Page 57
Selected reading......Page 59
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION AND WOMEN......Page 60
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND THE SEX–GENDER DISTINCTION......Page 63
EMBODIMENT AND THE QUESTION OF REASON......Page 68
DISLOCATING THE PRIVILEGED POINT OF VIEW: EPISTEMOLOGY AND ETHICS......Page 73
Notes......Page 77
Selected reading......Page 79
4 Feminist theology as theology of religions......Page 80
MORAL ISSUES AND FEMINIST VALUES......Page 84
EPISTEMOLOGICAL ISSUES AND FEMINIST VALUES......Page 86
Notes......Page 96
Selected reading......Page 98
THE EMERGENCE OF POST-TRADITIONAL THEALOGY......Page 99
THE GODDESS......Page 101
AUTHORITY......Page 103
HISTORY......Page 104
DIVINITY......Page 106
NATURE......Page 109
HUMANITY......Page 110
ETHICS......Page 112
Notes......Page 115
Selected reading......Page 116
6 Feminist theology as biblical hermeneutics......Page 117
DEVELOPMENTS IN FEMINIST BIBLICAL STUDIES......Page 118
Mark…(NRSV)......Page 124
1 Timothy…(NRSV)......Page 128
Notes......Page 130
Selected reading......Page 133
7 Feminist theology as dogmatic theology......Page 134
BEGINNING WITH EXPERIENCE......Page 136
LIBERATING HISTORY......Page 138
HOME-MAKING......Page 141
GENDERING THEOLOGY......Page 144
THE QUESTION OF HUMANITY......Page 145
THE QUESTION OF GOD......Page 147
THE QUESTION OF REDEMPTION......Page 149
Notes......Page 151
Selected reading......Page 152
Part two The themes of feminist theology......Page 153
8 Trinity and feminism......Page 155
THE TRINITY IN MODERN FEMINIST LITERATURE......Page 156
ALWAYS CONTESTED......Page 158
THE CASE FOR CONTINUITY......Page 159
NAMING THE TRIUNE GOD – FATHER AND SON......Page 161
FEMINISING THE SPIRIT......Page 162
RHETORICAL EXCESS – JULIAN OF NORWICH......Page 164
GOD AS LOVE......Page 166
FUTURE PERFECT?......Page 167
Notes......Page 168
Selected reading......Page 169
THE CONTEXT......Page 171
THE TEXTS......Page 173
ORAL CHRISTOLOGY......Page 174
WRITTEN CHRISTOLOGY......Page 175
SUMMARY AND REFLECTIONS......Page 182
Notes......Page 187
Selected reading......Page 190
INTRODUCTION......Page 191
RECOVERING WOMEN\'S SPIRITUALITY......Page 192
CREATING FEMINIST SPIRITUALITY......Page 195
CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMINIST SPIRITUALITIES......Page 199
RENEWING THEOLOGY OF THE SPIRIT......Page 202
Notes......Page 205
Selected reading......Page 208
THE RISE OF ECOFEMINISM......Page 210
THE ALLURE OF THE GODDESS......Page 212
GAIA AND GOD......Page 215
THE EARTH AS GOD\'S BODY......Page 217
SEEKING WISDOM IN ECOTHEOLOGY......Page 222
Notes......Page 223
Selected reading......Page 225
12 Redeeming ethics......Page 226
PERSONS AND RIGHTS......Page 228
CARETAKING RELATIONSHIPS......Page 232
THE INFORMATION OF THE SOUL......Page 235
Notes......Page 241
Selected reading......Page 243
INTRODUCTION......Page 244
HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF WOMEN, CHURCH, AND WORSHIP......Page 247
THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN......Page 249
WOMEN AND WORSHIP......Page 251
WOMEN AND THE SACRAMENTS......Page 253
CONCLUSION: CHURCH AND SACRAMENT \'FROM THE GROUND UP\'......Page 255
Notes......Page 257
Selected reading......Page 262
INTRODUCTION......Page 263
METHODOLOGY AND HERMENEUTICS......Page 265
A THEOCENTRIC APPROACH......Page 268
THEOLOGY – GOD AS TRANSCENDENT – IMMANENT......Page 270
MICROCOSM AND IMAGE OF GOD: THEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY......Page 271
HUMANITY AS MEDIATOR......Page 273
 ESCHATOLOGY: REALISED AND UNREALISED......Page 274
CONCLUSION......Page 278
Notes......Page 279
Selected reading......Page 280
Index of biblical citations......Page 281
Index of names......Page 282
Index of subjects......Page 286