Encountering the Sacred (eBook, PDF)

Feminist Reflections on Women's Lives
Redaktion: Peters, Rebecca Todd; Kao, Grace Yia-Hei

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Many women of faith are interested in having deep conversations with their friends and families about issues they face in their personal lives. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of feminist and theologically progressive materials for these women to turn to for counsel or advice. Simultaneously, there are a growing number of theologically trained biblical scholars, theologians, and ministers who are experiencing similar life challenges, but who are generally discouraged from writing about these experiences in ways that would be accessible to the general public. This book bridges the chasm between Christian laywomen and feminist theologians.

For the last fifty years, feminist theologians have sought to reimagine Christian theology in ways that speak to the realities and complexities of women's lives. They have also sought to use women's experience as the starting point for theological reflection in the same way that men's lives have shaped the history of Christian theology for the past 2000 years. In this book, feminist Christian scholars of theology and religion use the tools of their trade to examine powerful personal life experiences and to search for new and empowering ways of understanding the power of the sacred as they have experienced it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567683038
• Artikelnr.: 54951719

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Todd Peters is Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University, USA. Grace Y. Kao is Professor of Ethics at Claremont School of Theology and Co-Director of her school's Center for Sexuality, Gender, and Religion, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction: Feminist Theology as Conversation and Invitation - Rebecca Todd Peters
Elon University
USA and Grace Kao
Claremont School of Theology
USA Chapter 1: Why We Need Besties (friendship) - Kate Ott
Drew University
USA Chapter 2: Bedrest Stinks (pregnancy) - Ellen Ott Marshall
Candler School of Theology
USA Chapter 3: The Chuck E. Cheese Challenge (simple living)- María Teresa Dávila
Independant Scholar Chapter 4: I Want My Babies Back (miscarriage) - Monica Coleman
Claremont School of Theology
USA Chapter 5: Where are you really from? (racism)
Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Earlham School of Theology
USA Chapter 6: Re-membering Rape (sexual assault) Marcia Mount Shoop
Vanderbilt University
USA Chapter 7: Girl-Talk (gossip) - Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty
Bellarmine University
USA Chapter 8: Cursing God (infertility) - Gina Messina-Dysert
Loyola Marymount University
USA Chapter 9: Casting Out fear (death and dying) - Victoria Rue
San Jose State University
USA Chapter 10: Happily Ever After (voluntary childlessness) - Kendra Hotz
Rhodes College
USA List of Contributors Bibliography Index