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Title: Gender, Ethnicity, and Religion: Views from the Other Side By: Rosemary Radford Ruether, ed. Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Vendor: Augsburg Fortress Publication Date: 2002 | Dimensions: 9 X 6 X 0.63 (inches) Weight: 15 ounces ISBN: 0800635698 ISBN-13: 9780800635695 Stock No: WW635698 |
The study of religion and the practice of theology have been transformed in recent years by incorporating new perspectives on race, ethnicity, and gender. This volume of work by twelve young scholars highlights new work at this fruitful nexus.In historical and social studies, new methodologies from social theory, cultural anthropology, and gender studies have emerged that take religion explicitly into account and thereby illumine other cultural values. In theology, too, increased appreciation for the cultural location of all theologies and theologians has led to more contextual theologies and cultural-specific religious insights. The volume sheds particular light on the role of religious agency in African American and Caribbean social transformations (such as post-Civil-War laws and the lunch-counter struggles of the 1960s) and religious practices (such as folk healing, church women's roles in turn-of-the-century New Orleans, religious music). But the volume also offers new, ethnically influenced theological perspectives: specific contributions to Carribean, Cuban, womanist theologies and explorations of sacramental theology, ecotheology, and spirituality. Introduced by Rosemary Ruether, contributors include:
Jacqueline Battalora
Rosalind Hinton
Elaine Caldbeck
Sue Horner
Barbara Isaacs
Stephanie Mitchem
Jocelyn Azada
Margarita Surez
Barbara Flores
Kimberly Willis
Rita Lester
Patricia-Anne Johnson
Rosemary Radford Ruether was the author of numerous influential works in feminist theology and the history of theology. Her recent works with Fortress Press include the edited volume Feminist Theologies: Legacy and Prospect (2007) and Many Forms of Madness: A Family's Struggle with Mental Illness and the Mental Health System (2010).
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