Westminster john knox press elizabeth schussler fiorenza argues that it is necessary to reframe the field of biblical studies and replace the competitive teaching models prevalent in graduate programs with an emancipatory, radical democratic pedagogical model that fosters collabo. But though this is not a historical jesus book, it is very much about jesus, and is informed throughout by the authors reconstruction of jesus as the founder of an egalitarian, jewish emancipatory basileiaofgod movement. Feminist theology as a critical theology of liberation. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza is a wellknown leader in feminist liberation theology.
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Elisabeth schussler fiorenza born 17 april 1938 is a romanianborn german, roman catholic feminist theologian, who is currently the krister stendahl professor of divinity at harvard divinity school. That article, published in a number of edited collections of feminist theology, lays out the methodology she uses in, in memory of her. Leaven volume 4 issue 2women and ministry article 17 111996 in memory of her, a feminist theological reconstruction of christian origins, elisabeth schussler fiorenza. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza, a groundbreaking feminist theologist, shares articles and essays from lifetime of incisive participation in the womens religious movement. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza on the impact of feminist criticism. Rosemary radford ruether, a professor of applied theology at the garrettevangelical theological seminary, and elisabeth schussler fiorenza, a professor of new testament studies and theology at the university of notre dame, have written scholarly works that call for the transformation of christian consciousness and practice. That said, there were just too many methodological problems, cases of special pleading, speculations passed off as fact upon which subsequent speculations passed off as fact were then built, and arguments from silence. Click download or read online button to get elisabeth schussler fiorenza book now. Wisdom commentary 9780814681749 by elisabeth schussler fiorenza. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza, empowering memory and movement. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza, krister stendahl professor of divinity, has done pioneering work in biblical interpretation and feminist theology. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. A feminist theological reconstruction of christian origins by elisabeth schussler fiorenza march 1, 1983 hardcover.
A feminist theological reconstruction of christian origins by. This intentional traversing of academic disciplinestheology, ethics, church history, and biblical studiesfor the. Books by elisabeth schussler fiorenza author of in memory of her. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza is a feminist theologian. Log in once logged in, you can add biography in the database. Published works of elisabeth schussler fiorenza jstor. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza has 51 books on goodreads with 3966 ratings. Concilium reader in feminist theology concilium series maryknoll, n. Concilium 19961 feminist theology in different contexts 9780334030362 by elisabeth schuessler fiorenza ed.
A concilium reader in feminist liberation theology. In the front wave of this movement of revision and renewal is germanborn theologian elisabeth schussler fiorenza, who joined the notre dame university department of theology in 1970 and currently. This feminist classic explores the ways in which women can read the christian bible with full understanding of both its oppressive and its liberating functions. Those not familiar with elisabeth s work might do well to read her article entitled, feminist theology as a critical theology of liberation. Why would a feminist baptize her daughter in the patriarchal church. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza harvard divinity school. Recommended without reservation for collections in womens studies, religious studies, and sociology. Oct 07, 2009 democratizing biblical studies hardback elisabeth schussler fiorenza. Elizabeth schussler fiorenza of the harvard divinity school has done pioneering work in biblical interpretation and feminist theology. Feminist biblical scholar and theologian elisabeth schussler fiorenza born 1938 provided models, methods, and metaphors for biblical interpretations and a reconstruction of early christianity in which women shared the center and were restored to human subjectivity. She has authored of numerous books, including in memory of her crossroad, bread not stone. In the substantial new afterword to this edition, elisabeth schussler fiorenza situates bread not stone in relation to mainstream biblical scholarship, catholic and protestant theologies, liberation theologies, and nineteenthcentury.
Elisabeth schussler fiorenza has 51 books on goodreads with 3951 ratings. Introducing feminist biblical interpretation elisabeth schussler fiorenza, author, elisabeth schussler fiorenza, author. For the first time, we have a powerful defense of new theological emancipatory models of hermeneutics, critical method, and historical reconstruction and an application of these models in one book. A feminist theological reconstruction of christian origins by elisabeth schussler fiorenza march 1, 1983 hardcover by elisabeth schussler fiorenza jan 1, 1602 4. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. Her critical feminist theology of liberation calls readers to abandon attempts at disinterested theology and commit to uncovering and empowering movements of liberation wherever they can be found. Jesus and the politics of interpretation, by elisabeth. In the first two chapters of her book in memory of. Feminist theological reconstruction of christian origins elisabeth fiorenza.
These pathbreaking essays challenge academic and ecclesiastical theologians to embrace critical theory and the analysis. The creation of a feminist theology the new york times. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza has done pioneering work in biblical. Fiorenza wants to use feminist theology as a hermeneutic of liberation. She has written a large number of books, and has also wrote many articles and essays in monographs over the years.
Elisabeth schussler fiorenza is the krister stendahl professor of divintiy at havard divinity school, the first woman president of the society of biblical literature 1987, and the cofounder and coeditor of the journal of feminist studies in religion. It is much determined by the acts of the apostles, which pictures a straightforward development from the primitive community in jerusalem founded on pentecost to the worldwide mission of paul climaxing with his arrival in rome, the political centre of the grecoroman world. Feminist theology as a critical theology of liberation elisabeth. Thinking and working across borders, fortress, minneapolis, mn, 2014. Drawing from a career of pioneering scholarship, schssler fiorenza situates the critical feminist theory that has characterized her work in the praxis of liberation.
Project muse elisabeth schussler fiorenza and feminist the. She identifies as catholic and her work is generally in the context of christianity, although much of her work has broader applicability. This work, which argued for the retrieval of the overlooked contributions of women in the early christian church, set a high standard for historical rigor in feminist theology. Rosemary radford reuther, mary daly, ada maria isasidiaz, elisabeth schussler fiorenza, phyllis trible, sallie mcfague. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza is a radical feminist thinker, even in comparison with other theologians and biblical scholars of our time. In this spirited book, elisabeth schussler fiorenza continues her argument begun in jesus. Books elisabeth schussler fiorenza projects at harvard. Though the books author, mary daly, later abandoned the church as hopelessly sexist, others remain to continue the struggle. Sara maitland is a feminist theologian and novelist who has been writing about women and christianity since the 1970s. As an introduction, the book is presumably intended to present schussler fiorenzas brand of liberation theology to a new audience beyond the academic. Magnificent scholarly reformulation of a highly paternalistic book the bible. She received her theologicum from the university of munster, germany.