The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theology

Edited by Sheila Briggs and Mary McClintock Fulkerson

Oxford Handbooks

Carefully defines the current field of Feminist Theology in a global context drawing on the expertise of a team of twenty-seven international contributors
Addresses case studies from different world faiths, considering theory with regard to Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Islamic theologies
Suggests new models for the discipline that draw from but are not bound by the traditions of Christian systematic theology and secular feminist thought

The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theology

Edited by Sheila Briggs and Mary McClintock Fulkerson

Description

This innovative volume highlights the relevance of globalization and the insights of gender studies and religious studies for feminist theology. Beginning with a discussion of position of the discipline at the turn of the twenty-first century, the handbook seeks to present an inclusive account of feminist theology in the early twenty-first century that acknowledges the reflection of women on religion beyond the global North and its forms of Christianity. Globalization is taken as the central theme, as the foremost characteristic of the context in which we do feminist theology today. The volume traces the impacts of globalization on gender and religion in specific geographical contexts, describing the implications for feminist theological thinking. A final section explores the changing contents of the field, moving towards new models of theology, distinct from both the structure and language of traditional Christian systematic theology and the forms of secular feminism.

The handbook draws on material from every populated continent, with chapters provided by a diverse team of international scholars.

The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theology

Edited by Sheila Briggs and Mary McClintock Fulkerson

Oxford Handbooks

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

The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theology

Edited by Sheila Briggs and Mary McClintock Fulkerson

Oxford Handbooks

Author Information

Contributors:

Denise M. Ackermann is Emeritus Professor of The Department of Religion and Theology, University of the Western Cape in Belleville, South Africa.
Marcella Althaus-Reid (1952-2009) was Professor of Theology and Chair of Contextual Theology at New College, University of Edinburgh.
Elizabeth Amoah is a professor in the Department for the Study of Religion, University of Ghana.
María Pilar Aquino is Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego.
Ellen T. Armour is E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Feminist Theology and Director of the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality at the Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion of Vanderbilt University.
Nancy E. Bedford is the Georgia Harkness Professor of Applied Theology at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.
Teresa Berger is Professor of Liturgical Studies at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School.
Sheila Briggs is Associate Professor, School of Religion, University of Southern California.
Tui H. L. Cadigan, RSM is a member of the Sisters of Mercy, Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand and former researcher at the University of Auckland.
Musa W. Dube is Professor of the New Testament at the University of Botswana.
Lisa Isherwood is Professor and Director of the Institute for Theological Partnerships at the
University of Winchester.
Serene Jones is president of Union Theological Seminary, New York, and Roosevelt Professor of Systematic Theology.
Namsoon Kang is Associate Professor of World Christianity and Religions at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, USA.
Maricel Mena López is Professor of Theology, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia.
Azza M. Karam serves at the United Nations Development Program where she has been Senior Policy Research Advisor in the Regional Bureau for Arab States, and Special Advisor on Middle East and Islamic Affairs to the Secretary General of and the Director of Women's Programs at the World Conference of Religions for Peace International.
Zayn Kassam is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Pomona College and associate faculty at the School of Religion at Claremont Graduate University.
Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan is Professor of Theology and Women's Studies, and Director of Women's Studies, Shaw University Divinity School.
Philomena Njeri Mwaura is a Senior Lecturer at Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.
Melissa Raphael is Professor of Jewish Theology at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.
Neela Bhattacharya Saxena is an Associate Professor of English at Nassau Community College, New York.
Andrea Smith is an assistant professor in the Department of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside.
Kathryn Tanner is the Dorothy Grant Maclear Professor of Theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
Thandeka is Senior Research Professor at Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago.
Maria Christ Ventura works for the Departamento Ecuménico de Investigaciones (DEI) in Costa Rica.
Elina Vuola is Professor of Latin American studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Sharon D. Welch is Provost and Professor of Religion and Society at Meadeville-Lombard Unitarian Universalist Seminary in Chicago.