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	Feminist theology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Feminist theology is a movement, generally in the Western religious traditions (mostly Christianity and Judaism), to reconsider the traditions, practices, scriptures, and theologies of those religions from a feminist perspective.
		Some of the goals of feminist theology include increasing the role of women among the clergy and religious authorities, reinterpreting male-dominated imagery and language about God, and studying images of women in the religion's sacred texts.
		Feminist historical theologians study the roles of women in periods throughout history that have impacted religion: the Biblical period, the early Christian era, medieval Europe, and any period of import to a particular religion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Feminist_theology (734 words)

	Feminist Hermeneutics and The Bible
		While the paper focuses on feminist theology in particular, the same methodology is used by those advocating a new interpretation of the scriptures towards the practice of homosexuality.
		Feminist Theology may be the most difficult movement to evaluate of all the trends identified in contemporary theology because it runs the gamut of Evangelicalism to radical Gaia worship and Wicca, and it is impossible to classify all these as Christian theologies even though many use Christian symbolism and claim Christian descent.
		While there is merit to her point that all theology starts from some context and that neglected aspects of feminine perspective ought to be incorporated into the theological tapestry of the faith, there is the inevitable problem of authority and truth raised by the elevation of experience to an interpretive key.
	www.scholarscorner.com /Critical/Feminist.html (4780 words)

	Regent Carey Library Bibliographies - Feminist Theology
		This is a travesty since feminist theology is here to stay and Christians must be aware of the issues and ideas involved in an area that is proving to have such a tremendous impact on the Church.
		Farley states that feminist ethics is different from other ethical theories by insisting on the "combination of principles of autonomy, equality, and mutuality." It seems to share the same principles as 'womanist' theology in its critique of sexism, racism and classism.
		The author defines feminist theology, within the Christian context, as that area of study pertaining to views about women and the activities, roles and practices of women found in the Scriptures, in the texts of the tradition, and in the theologies of the churches.
	www.regent-college.edu /library/Biblio_feminist.html (3877 words)

	Reclaiming Women's Experience, by Marian Ronan
		(10) She directs feminist theology away from the reflectionist/representational theory of language which had thus far hindered a feminist theological reconfiguration of the wide range of differences between and among women.
		In this closing comment, Welch intimates feminist theology's turn from a reflectionist theory of language to one in which discourse is characterized by the capacity to signify differences.
		Fulkerson "changes the subject" of feminist theology by developing and applying a tool, "the analytic of women's discourses," to show that all formulations are human and limited, including, and especially, the Cartesian split between mind and body which is reproduced by an uncritical appeal to women's experience.
	www.aril.org /ronan.htm (3777 words)

	Liberation theology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to Phillip Berryman, liberation theology is "an interpretation of Christian faith through the poor's suffering, their struggle and hope, and a critique of society and the Catholic faith and Christianity through the eyes of the poor."
		CELAM support for liberation theology was frowned on by the Vatican, with Paul VI trying to slow the movement after the 1962-1965 Council.
		Close to Liberation theology and opposed to the death squads, Oscar Romero argued that El Salvador's government couldn't be supported because of its legitimation of terror and human rights violations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberation_theology (2052 words)

	The Debate over Feminist Theology (by Ron Rhodes)
		Evangelical feminists are those who generally (not always) hold to conservative views on the Bible and theology but who nevertheless embrace the feminist ideal of abolishing gender-based roles in society, church, and home.
		Evangelical feminists argue that male headship and female subordination in the marital relationship is a part of the curse.
		And third, feminist theology serves as an indictment against the abuse and oppression that women have all too often suffered at the hands of chauvinist men.
	home.earthlink.net /~ronrhodes/Feminism.html (5714 words)

	Feminist Theology: An Introduction
		As far as feminist theologians are concerned God's Word is the kernel within a patriarchal shell which needs to be broken in order for them to apply it to their lives.
		Feminist theologians are not just concerned to revise Church structures but to revise the Christian worldview which has, in the main, been centred around men and led to their oppression.
		In the light of this brief introduction we can see that Feminist Theologians are more than just concerned with what happens in Church but, beginning from their own experience, to correct a distorted view of women in Christianity which has led to their mainstream discrimination and suppression in spiritual matters.
	www.faithnet.org.uk /Theology/feministtheology.htm (1094 words)

	Feminist Theology
		Feminist use this perspective to argue the case of ordination for women and to correct the Christian Symbolism by including feminie symbols, inclusive language and metaphors.
		In this perspective, feminist tend to combine the resources of psychoanalysis, political theory, philosophy, linguistic theory, and theology to resist he present structures of specific values places on mens and women's lives.
		Feminist Theology is a component of our lives we need to acknowledge and reclaim from the days of our ancestors.
	www.scm.org.nz /SET2000/Feminist-theology.htm (3806 words)

	The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology - Cambridge University Press
		The aim of this Companion is to give an outline of feminist theology through an analysis of its overall shape and its major themes, so that both its place in and its contributions to the present changing theological landscape may be discerned.
		Written by some of the main figures in feminist theology, as well as by younger scholars who are considering their inheritance, it offers fresh insights into the nature of feminist theological work.
		Feminist theology as philosophy of religion Pamela Sue Anderson; 4.
	www.cambridge.org /uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521663806 (452 words)

	Feminist Theology Online Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This is not a "feminist" book, but it is richly rewarding for those interested in a review of ideas and concepts of God that have pertained over the milennia in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, including traditions of mysticism.
		Relative to post-Christian theology, Mary Daly is highly original and that's why I enjoy reading her work, but for a theological argument I prefer Daphne Hampson.
		She is aware of the danger of anti-Judaism/Semitism in feminist theology and she tries seriously to develop her understanding of early Christianity with great respect and love for the Jewish origin and background of Christian faith.
	www.dike.de /hulda/fembib.html (1978 words)

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		Feminist Gilbert Bilezikian thus argues that "it is proper to regard both male dominance and death as being antithetical to God's original intent in creation.
		Still other feminists deal with these verses by appealing to another possible meaning of the word "head." It is argued that Ephesians 5:23 — "For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church" — has nothing to do with the exercise of authority.
		Feminists appeal to God's judgment against the woman in Genesis 3:16 — "[man] will rule over you" — in their attempt to prove that female subordination was caused by the Fall.
	www.equip.org /free/DL100-3.htm (6070 words)

	Christian Century: Women's work: feminist theology for a new generation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		At a time in which the diversity of feminist theology defies tidy definitions and agreed-upon agendas, "doing saving work" suggests what's afoot in feminist theology today--namely, bold reinterpretations of Christianity that seek to renew the life of the church and its witness to the world.
		But unlike earlier waves of feminist theology, in which appeals to women's experience were a wakeup call about women's marginalization, today feminist theologians turn to women's narratives as a source of embodied knowledge.
		Second, an increasing number of feminist theologians are directing their energies toward the church's central doctrines and practices--justification by faith, the incarnation, baptism and the Eucharist.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_15_122/ai_n15674351 (410 words)

	fear & trembling: "Feminist theology and a generous orthodoxy" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Theology and worship for feminists have a specific political function, and that is not particularly or obviously in any way the turn of the soul towards God.
		The solution for McCreight is a more charitable feminism rather than the shoot-to-kill style of her feminist forbears: "I am a feminist, and I am a theologian," she concludes, "but I am not a feminist theologian, and this is specifically because of the ungenerous nature of much of the feminist theology I have read...
		Feminist theologians would probably say that questions of sexuality weren't considered prior to the modern period in the same way that they are now.
	plax.typepad.com /fear_trembling/2005/09/feminist_theolo.html (1465 words)

	Mary in Feminist Theology: Mother of God or Domesticated Goddess? \| Fr. Manfred Hauke
		Insofar as feminist theology calls attention to the significance of symbolism with a masculine or feminine stamp, it is fundamentally correct even if evaluation of this factor must lead to other kinds of conclusions.
		Feminists are particularly offended by the fact that, in the biblical symbolism of the sexes, the female role is subordinate to the male, most notably in the parallel drawn between the relations of Christ to the Church and the Bridegroom and Bride.
		That such religious symbolism is treated by feminists as bearing exclusively on the image of God, but on the collaborative role of man and the Church, seems connected with Protestant assumptions that give stress, in the redemptive process, to the solus Deus.
	www.ignatiusinsight.com /features2005/mhauke_maryfem_july05.asp (3265 words)

	Feminism, NOW, Women's Movement
		Liberal Christian feminists employ a "hermeneutic of suspicion" -- that is, they "systematically assume that the Bible's male authors and interpreters deliberately covered up the role of women in early Christianity."[9] Using such a hermeneutic, it is easy to sift out from the Bible anything one finds offensive to one's feminist tastes.
		Still other feminists deal with these verses by appealing to another possible meaning of the word "head." It is argued that Ephesians 5:23 -- "For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church" -- has nothing to do with the exercise of authority.
		Feminists appeal to God's judgment against the woman in Genesis 3:16 -- "[man] will rule over you" -- in their attempt to prove that female subordination was caused by the Fall.
	www.mustardseed.net /html/tofeminism.html (5802 words)

	Janus Head/1-2/Elizabeth A. Say: Many voices, many visions: toward a feminist methodology for narrative theology and ...
		The assertion that feminist theology and ethics must represent a critique of the prevailing system is the assumption that informs the other four principles, and resonates with Jagger's claim that feminist ethics must subvert women's subordination.
		The claim by liberationists that theology is not, must not, be neutral is related to the understanding that this new theological paradigm is grounded in the concrete experiences of actual existence.
		A feminist approach to theology and ethics, therefore, requires that an authentic woman's voice not be trapped in present realities, nor despair in the face of present inequities.
	www.janushead.org /JHFall98/elizsay.cfm (5810 words)

	Circling Deeper - Feminist Theology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Feminist Theology from the Third World: A Reader, Ursula King, ed., Orbis, 1994, includes the insights of dynamic women theologians from many diverse perspectives and societies, with an emphasis on "doing theology" in the active mode, responding to and being responsible for action.
		As women's studies - the academic arm of the women's movement - developed, religion and its reflective discourse in theology were perceived early on to legitimate patriarchy and sexism in society's institutions.
		Crossroad, 1993, is a singularly significant work in feminist theology and considers the central doctrine of the Trinity.
	www.sinsinawa.org /Spiritual_Enrichment/Circlingdeeper/6.html (1592 words)

	Feminist Theology
		Feminists pointed out--correctly--that many of the pronouns in scripture that were traditionally rendered in the masculine were in fact generic, and gender neutral.
		Given this willingness to overlook the prominent roles played by women in the Scripture, few Feminists would be surprised to learn that when laws were needed 200 years ago to justify the enslavement of fls, slaveholders simply took as their model the laws of the time that restricted the rights of women.
		Feminists see their task, then, to be the recovery of these teachings of Jesus.
	www.wfu.edu /~matthetl/perspectives/twentyeight.html (2582 words)

	feminist theology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Elizabeth Anderson, University of Michigan.
		Feminist Theology and Spirituality Links Links to feminist theology from a variety of faith traditions.
		Under Sheikhina's Wings This site provides outlines of the impact of feminist theology in Judaism, Christianity, the Earth Religions and Islam, plus some things which are anti-women in some of these religions.
	www.flynni.com /feminist_theology.htm (1944 words)

	SAGE Publications - Feminist Theology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		While it does not restrict itself to the work of feminist theologians and thinkers in these islands, Feminist Theology aims to give a voice to the women of Britain and Ireland in matters of theology and religion.
		Feminist Theology, whilst academic in its orientation, is deliberately designed to be accessible to a wide range of readers, whether theologically trained or not.
		The editors intend Feminist Theology to reflect its founding principles of experience, mutuality, creativity, respect, joy, nurture, accessible scholarship and hearing women to speech.
	www.sagepub.co.uk /journal.aspx?pid=106700 (170 words)

	Feminist and Womanist Pastoral Theology by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, ISBN 0687089107 And Over the Wall by John H. ...
		Feminist and womanist theory as well as feminist and womanist faith convictions have played a key role in this development. According to the authors, feminists and womanists in pastoral theology have begun to reconstruct the definitions, parameters, and commitments of pastoral care and counseling.
		These changes have critical implications for care within congregations and for the understanding of theology in seminaries and dignity schools. Yet these developments in the theory and practice of pastoral theology and their broader ramifications have not been carefully analyzed or even acknowledged by pastoral theologian, minister, and religion scholar alike.
		This is due to a failure to articulate clear understandings of the field, the gap between congregational ministry and higher education in religion, and conflicts in theological education in general over the place of practice and theory, experience, spirituality, and practical theology. To redress these problems, this collection of essays has a threefold aim.
	www.susanhartlindquist.com /feministo.htm (382 words)

	WMST 230 - Feminist Theology and Feminist Theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This course is an analysis of the major trends in feminist theology of the past 30 years and their intersections with contemporary feminist theory.
		No prior knowledge of feminist theology is required, though some work in women's studies or religious studies, especially WMST 100 and WMST/RS 140, will be very useful.
		Horizons, in which we will consider the often conflictual intersections of feminist theology and feminist theory, and consider the prospects for feminist theology in the 21st century.
	www.csuchico.edu /mcgs/syllabi/SYL_01-wmst230mccarthy.html (839 words)

	AAR Syllabi Project: Feminist Theology in Third World Perspective (Pui-lan and Russell)
		Analyzing emerging themes and issues in Afrian, Latin American, and Asian feminist theology through studying the works of important figures such as Mercy Amba Oduyoye, Elsa Tamez, Ivone Gebara, Chung Hyun Kyung, and Kwok Pui-lan.
		The purpose in teaching this course was to open up the horizon of women and men to the riches of theological perspectives available from women whose voices are not ordinarily heard in white feminist discourse.
		Particularly important was the unpacking of white privilege as part of the class, so that white students could own their own privilege while being in a context where all students were encouraged to risk dialogue about difference and its impact on theological perspectives.
	www.aarweb.org /syllabus/syllabi/feminist_theology-puilan_and_russell.html (1592 words)

	Feminist Theology \| Feminist Theologians \| Feminism and Religion \| Questia.com Online Library
		FEMINIST THEOLOGY The turn to the subject, liberation theology, and...concludes by noting that in the area of sacramental theology...
		...sexual ethics, medical ethics, feminist theology and ethics, and social ethics...and theological issues and on feminist theology.
		Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology: From the Fathers to Feminism (Chap.
	www.questia.com /Index.jsp?CRID=feminist_theology&OFFID=se1&KEY=feminist_religion (577 words)

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