Introduction to Feminist Theologies (CT1983P)

Content

This unit provides a foundation for theology through a feminist lens. Students are introduced to core theological concepts such as christology, trinity, hope, Scripture and sexuality, the human person, and leadership in the Christian community through reading original texts by influential feminist theologians. Students will come to appreciate the significance of context in the work of feminist theologians working in the global South and various geo-political realities. The unit is taught collaboratively, reflecting feminist practice and as well as content.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

This is a core foundational unit in feminist theology. Students who have taken CT3400 cannot take this unit.

Pedagogy

Lectures, workshops, discussion circles

Indicative Bibliography

• Althaus-Reid, Marcella. Indecent Theology. London: Routledge, 2000.
• Chung Hyun Kyung, Struggle to be the Sun Again. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1990.
• Dube, Musa. Postcolonial feminist interpretations of the Bible. St Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2006.
• Gerbera, Ivone. Out of the Depths. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2002.
• Kim-Kort, Mihee. Making Paper Cranes: Toward an Asian American Feminist Theology. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2012.
• Kwok Pui-Lan. Hope Abundant: Third World and Indigenous Women’s Theology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2010.
• Loades, Ann. Feminist Theology: Voices from the Past. Oxford: Polity Press, 2000.
• Odoyoye, Mercy, Daughters of Anowa. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1999.
• Ordein, Oluwatomisin Olayinka. The Theology of Mercy Amba Oduyoye: Ecumenism, Feminism, and Communal Practice. South Bend: University of Notre Dame Press, 2023.
• Ruether, Rosemary Radford. Sexism and God-talk: Toward a Feminist Theology. London: SCM Press, 1983.
• Zurlo, Gina. Women in World Christianity: Building and Sustaining a Global Movement. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2023.

Assessment