Christian Doctrines for Global Gender Justice

Marc Notes: This text develops creative imagining of traditional doctrines. The chapters show the effectiveness of Latina/mujerista, evangelica, womanist, Asian American, and white feminist imaginings in the furthering of global gender justice. Biographical Note: Jenny Daggers is Associate Professor of Christian Theology at Liverpool Hope University, UK. Recent publications include Postcolonial Theology of Religions: Particularity and Pluralism in World Christianity, Reimagining with Christian Doctrines, co-edited with Grace Ji-Sun Kim, and Gendering Christian Ethics. Grace Ji-Sun Kim is Associate Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion, USA. She is the author of Reimagining with Christian Doctrines, co-edited with Jenny Daggers, Colonialism, Han and the Transformative Spirit, The Holy Spirit, Chi, and the Other, and The Grace of Sophia: A Korean North American Women's Christology. Review Quotes: "This volume not only gives us fresh and provocative renderings of Christian thought, but shows us why it matters to a world groaning for redemption. To hear the voices of women is, in fact, to hear the voice of the church, and in this volume we hear the voice of the church speaking clearly and relevantly." - Willie James Jennings, Duke Divinity School, USA "This creative book pushes the boundaries of theological tradition by placing gender justice at the center of doctrinal reconstruction. It is an invaluable resource for both beginners and more advanced learners in theology." - Kwok Pui-lan, Episcopal Divinity School, USA "This book is a tremendous introduction to where the many forms of feminist theologies are today and where Christian theology must move for the future." - Jeannine Hill Fletcher, Fordham University, USA "Daggers and Kim expand our sense of Christian doctrine by placing the deep symbols of Christian faith God, Christ, the Spirit, crucifixion, hope, and anthropology in dialogue with the wisdom and suffering of women." - Wendy Farley, Emory University, USA "The invaluable contributions of theology re-imagined are a powerful act of Christian doctrinal faithfulness in the truest sense of the Gospel: their words are the hopeful confidence in what is yet to be seen in the global reality of women, girls and our earth." - Teresa Delgado, Director, Peace and Justice Studies and Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Iona College, USA "Table of Contents: 1. Introduction; Jenny Daggers and Grace Ji-Sun Kim 2. Biblical Hermeneutics and the Interrogation of Doctrine; Elzbieta Adamiak3. Beyond Ousia's Non-being-ness to Vinculos de Presencia Evangelicas and (Triune) God; Loida I. Martell-Otero4. Christ Beyond But Not Without Jesus; Sheila Briggs5. The Green Cross: the Green Tree and the Oppression of Nature; Sigridur Gudmarsdottir6. Ecological Evil, Redemption and the Wisdom of God: Re-imagining Redemption for Eco-Feminist Religious Practice; Hilda Koster7. The Holy Spirit: A Womanist Conjure; Linda Thomas 8. Re-imagining Hope: Towards an Embodiment of Global Gender Justices; Nantawan Lewis9. Mary: A Model of Full Humanity; Gina Messina-Dysert10. Motherhood and The (In)vulnerability of the Imago Dei: Being Human In the Mystical-Political Cloud of Impossibility; Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandalfo11. Divine Grace and the Question of Free Will: A Feminist 'Stumbling Block?; Amy Carr12. Re-imagining Creation as Creative Activity: Possibilities for Women's Empowerment through Aesthetic Agency; Elise M. Edwards 13. Concluding Remarks; Jenny Daggers and Grace Ji-Sun Kim"

Contributor Bio:  Daggers, Jenny Jenny Daggers is Senior Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom. She received her Ph. D. and her M. A. in theology from the University of Manchester and her B. Soc. Sc. in political science from the University of Birmingham. Daggers has published widely in journals and is the author of The British Christian Women's Movement: a Rehabilitation of Eve (2002). Contributor Bio:  Kim, Grace Ji Grace Ji-Sun Kim is Visiting Researcher at Georgetown University. She is the author of four books, including Colonialism, Han and the Transformative Spirit, The Holy Spirit, Chi, and the Other, and The Grace of Sophia. She has also co-edited several works, most notably the Asian Christianity in Diaspora series.