Feminist Theology - Voices from the Past

Some feminist women search for the roots of feminism in the recent past; others write the past off. Too many assume that religious traditions have nothing to offer feminism, so even when religious belief has been central to the inspiration of some of the most powerful campaigners for the value and worth of women, the significance of that belief has been ignored.
Mary Wollstonecraft argued for the 'rights' of women'; Josephine Butler fought against the devaluation of women expressed in the Contagious Diseases Acts; Dorothy L. Sayers had a powerful sense of the way women and men grace one another's lives in their work. They all drew on the Christian tradition of their own times, but this has rarely been given weight. These women have not been considered together, nor as theologians, as here in Ann Loades's new book. In their life time, each of them opened up some painful issues: abortion and its significance in our shared social lives, forms of coercion, especially the sexual abuse of children, and the importance of women's work. Their courage and generosity offer salutary challenges to our own times.

Feminist Theology will be of interest to all those concerned with contemporary theological questions as well as to students of feminism and the analysis of gender, in sociology, politics and the humanities.

Sommario

Preface. Introduction.
Part I Women and Self-Governance.
1 Mary Wollstonecraft.
2 Abortion.
Part II Abusing Women and Abusing Children.
3 Josephine Butler.
4 The Sexual Abuse of Children.
Part III A Sacramentalist's Agenda.
5 Dorothy Sayers.
Conclusion.
References and Further Reading.
Index.

Info autore

Ann Loades is Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham

Riassunto

A The first theological assessment of three key feminists of the past A Written in an accessible and clear way A Gives a new perspective on feminism and its relation to religion.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Loades, Ann Loades, Ann (University of Durham) Loades
• Editore: Wiley
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2001
• EAN: 9780745608686
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-0868-6
• Pagine: 240
• Dimensioni: 163 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Peso: 463 g
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo; RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, c 1960 to c 1970, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989