Frontiers in Catholic Feminist Theology: Shoulder to Shoulder

by Susan Abraham, LaReine-Marie Mosely, Elena Procario-Foley

Overview

What does it mean to be a Catholic woman with feminist commitments today, and what insights can be garnered from that context? In this first attempt in a generation at a collective framework for Catholic feminist theology, a group of theologians formulate a new contextual approach to and criteria for systematic theology and apply those insights as they tackle three key topics: Theological Anthropology, Christology, and Ecclesiology.
Key to their endeavor is specific focus on contemporary discipleship, a special cricitcal methodology and relationship to the Catholic Christian tradition, and a specific sensitivity to academic and ecclesial hegemonies. The result in each case is an honest exploration of the tradition, a contextualization of the locus in the lives of women today, and an attempt at a constructive vision with which to move forward.
Contributors: Susan Abraham, Rosemary Carbine, Teresa Delgado, Elizabeth Groppe, Jeanine Hill-Fletcher, Elena Procario-Foley, Michele Saracino, and Laura Taylor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800664398
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	09/25/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Susan Abraham is Assistant Professor of Ministry Studies, Harvard Divnity School.

Elena Procario-Foley is Br. John G. Driscoll Professor of Jewish-Catholic Studies at Iona College, New Rochelle, New York.

Table of Contents

Contributors vii

Preface Elena Procario-Foley Susan Abraham 1

Part 1 Theological Anthropology

Chapter 1 Moving beyond the "One True Story" Michele Saracino 9

Chapter 2 This Is My Body . . . Given for You: Theological Anthropology Latina/Mente Teresa Delgado 25

Chapter 3 Womanist Ways of Being in the World LaReine-Marie Mostly 49

Theological Anthropology Roundtable Susan Abraham Rosemary P. Carbine Elizabeth T. Groppe 67

Questions for Discussion and Reflection 73

For Further Reading 74

Part 2 Christology

Chapter 4 Christology between Identity and Difference: On Behalf of a World in Need Jeannine Hill Fletcher 79

Chapter 5 Liberating Jesus: Christian Feminism and Anti-Judaism Elena Procario-Foley 97

Chapter 6 Redeeming Christ: Imitation or (Re)citation? Laura M. Taylor 119

Christology Roundtable Michele Saracino LaReine-Marie Mosely Teresa Delgado 141

Questions for Discussion and Reflection 148

For Further Reading 149

Part 3 Ecclesiology

Chapter 7 Women and the Persona of Christ: Ordination in the Roman Catholic Church Elizabeth T. Groppe 153

Chapter 8 "Artisans of a New Humanity": Re-visioning the Public Church in a Feminist Perspective Rosemary P. Carbine 173

Chapter 9 Justice as the Mark of Catholic Feminist Ecclesiology Susan Abraham 193

Ecclesiology Roundtable Jeannine Hill Fletcher Laura M. Taylor Elena Procario-Foley 215

Questions for Discussion and Reflection 222

For Further Reading 223

Notes 225

Glossary 249

Index 257