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This book highlights the relevance of globalization and the insights of gender studies and religious studies for feminist theology. It examines the changing global contexts for the field and its movement towards new models of theology, distinct from the forms of traditional Christian systematic theology and of secular feminism.
List of contents
Sheila Briggs & Mary McClintock Fulkerson: Introduction; I: Feminist Theology at the Crossroads; 1 Serene Jones: Feminist theology and the global imagination; 2 Melissa Raphael: Feminist theology and the Jewish tradition; 3 Sheila Briggs: What is Feminist Theology?; II: Changing Contexts; 4 Namsoon Kang: Transethnic feminist theology of Asia: Globalization, identities, and solidarities; 5 Neela Bhattacharya Saxena: Gynocentric thealogy of Tantric Hinduism: A meditation upon the Devi; 6 Maricel Mena Lopez: Globalization and religion: analysis from an Afro-Columbian feminist perspective; 7 Nancy E. Bedford: 'The world palpitates': Globalization and the religious faith and practices of Latin American women; 8 Azza M. Karam: Globalization, women, and religion in the Middle East; 9 Denise M. Ackermann: Interrupting 'global-speak': a feminist theological response from southern Africa to globalization; 10 Elizabeth Amoah: 1. Theological perspective on mutual solidarity in the context of globalization: the Circle's experience; 11 Philomena Njeri Mwaura: Woman lost in the global maze: women and religion in East Africa under globalization; 12 Lisa Isherwood: Feminist theologies and the European context; 13 Tui Cadigan: Globalization the second wave of colonization: impacts on wahine Maori.; 14 Andrea Smith: First nation, empire and globalization; 15 Thandeka: 1. Feminism, Inc.: Globalization and North American feminist theologies; III: Changing Contents; 16 Sharon D. Welch: Beyond theology of religions: the epistemological and ethical challenges of inter-religious engagement; 17 Ellen T. Armour: Beyond the god/man duo: globalization, feminist theology, and religious subjectivity; 18 Musa W. Dube: Feminist theologies of a world scripture/s in the globalization era; 19 Zayn Kassam: The challenges of globalization for Muslim women; 20 Maria Pilar Aquino: Theology and identity in the context of globalization; 21 Marcella Althaus-Reid: Doing a theology from disappeared bodies: theology, sexuality, and the excluded bodies of the discourses of Latin American Liberation Theology; 22 Maria Christina Ventura: Globalization and women's bodies in Latin America; 23 Cheryl Kirk-Duggan: Globalization and narrative; 24 Elena Vuola: La Morenita on skis: Women's popular Marian piety and feminist research on religion; 25 Theresa Berger: Feminist ritual practice; 26 Kathryn Tanner: Globalization, women's transnational migration, and religious de-traditioning
About the author
Mary McClintock Fulkerson is Professor of Theology at Duke University Divinity School.
Sheila Briggs is Associate Professor at the School of Religion at University of Southern California.
Summary
This book highlights the relevance of globalization and the insights of gender studies and religious studies for feminist theology. It examines the changing global contexts for the field and its movement towards new models of theology, distinct from the forms of traditional Christian systematic theology and of secular feminism.
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'A thought-provoking read'.
