The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology [Paperback]

This book is a critical guide to the scholarly exploration of feminist theology.This book is a critical guide to the scholarly exploration of feminist theology. Firstly, it describes the main features of this modern theological development and examines what its major concerns and questions have been, helping students and teachers to understand its place in the context of contemporary theology as a whole. Secondly, it presents analyses of the essential matters of Christian doctrine written by those who have learned from feminist theology. These chapters on the themes of feminist theology demonstrate how women are engaging in primary theological reflection today.This book is a critical guide to the scholarly exploration of feminist theology. Firstly, it describes the main features of this modern theological development and examines what its major concerns and questions have been, helping students and teachers to understand its place in the context of contemporary theology as a whole. Secondly, it presents analyses of the essential matters of Christian doctrine written by those who have learned from feminist theology. These chapters on the themes of feminist theology demonstrate how women are engaging in primary theological reflection today.This book is a critical guide to the scholarly exploration of feminist theology. It describes the main features of this modern theological development and examines its major concerns and questions. It presents comprehensive and critical analyses of the essential matters of Christian doctrine written by contributors knowledgeable in feminist theology. The book presents a challenge for future scholarship, since it critically engages with the assumptions of feminist theology, and seeks to open ways for women after feminism to enter into the vocation of theology.Part I. The Shape of Feminist Theology: 1. The emergence of Christian feminist theology Rosemary Radford Ruether; 2. Feminist theology as inter-cultural discourse Kwok Pui-Lan; l£!