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Feminist Theology and the Challenge of Difference Margaret D. Kamitsuka (Assistant Professor of Religion, Assistant Professor of Religion, Oberlin College)

Feminist Theology and the Challenge of Difference By Margaret D. Kamitsuka (Assistant Professor of Religion, Assistant Professor of Religion, Oberlin College)

Summary

Kamitsuka cautions the feminist theological community against the possibility of excluding some segments of the female population in its quest for liberation.

Feminist Theology and the Challenge of Difference Summary

Feminist Theology and the Challenge of Difference by Margaret D. Kamitsuka (Assistant Professor of Religion, Assistant Professor of Religion, Oberlin College)

In the early years of contesting patriarchy in the academy and religious institutions, feminist theology often presented itself as a unified front, a sisterhood. The term feminist theology, however, is misleading. It suggests a singular feminist purpose driven by a unified female cultural identity that struggles as a cohesive whole against patriarchal dominance. Upon closer inspection, the voice of feminist theology is in fact a chorus of diverging perspectives, each informed by a variety of individual and communal experiences, and an embattled scholarly field, marked by the effects of privilege and power imbalances. This complexity raises an important question: How can feminist theologians respect the irreducible diversity of women's experiences and unmask entrenched forms of privilege in feminist theological discourse? In Feminist Theology and the Challenge of Difference, Margaret D. Kamitsuka urges the feminist theological community to examine critically its most deeply held commitments, assumptions, and goals-especially those of feminist theologians writing from positions of privilege as white or heterosexual women. Focusing on women's experience as portrayed in literature, biblical narrative, and ethnographic writing, Kamitsuka examines the assumptions of feminist theology regarding race and sexuality. She proposes theoretical tools that feminist theologians can employ to identify and hopefully avoid the imposition of racial or sexual hegemony, thus providing invaluable complexity to the movement's identity, and ultimately contributing to current and future Christian theological issues. Blending poststructuralist and postcolonial theoretical resources with feminist and queer concerns, Feminist Theology and the Challenge of Difference makes constructive theological proposals, ranging from sin to christology. The text calls feminist theologians to a more rigorous self-critical approach as they continue to shape the changing face of Christian theological discourse.

Feminist Theology and the Challenge of Difference Reviews

This is a fascinating and exciting book that comes at the reader at a breathless pace presenting a whole range of challenges for thought. It's hard to put down...For those who want their theology integrated, committed and still sizzling with excitement, then this is a great book...This book should be required reading for feminist theology courses. * Susan Durber Theology *

About Margaret D. Kamitsuka (Assistant Professor of Religion, Assistant Professor of Religion, Oberlin College)

Margaret D. Kamitsuka is an Associate Professor of Religion at Oberlin College.

Table of Contents

1: An Introduction to the Challenge of Difference 2: Critical Issues in Retrieving Women's Experience 3: Reinterpreting Sex, Sin, and Desire 4: Theorizing Power 5: Negotiating with a Disciplinary Tradition 6: Rethinking Solidarity

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NPB9780195311624
9780195311624
0195311620
Feminist Theology and the Challenge of Difference by Margaret D. Kamitsuka (Assistant Professor of Religion, Assistant Professor of Religion, Oberlin College)
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Hardback
Oxford University Press Inc
2007-07-26
240
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