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Title: In Memory of Her: A Feminist Theological Reconstruction of Christian Origins by Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Elisabeth S. Fioerenza, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza ISBN: 0-8245-1357-6 Publisher: Crossroad/Herder & Herder Pub. Date: March, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A "Must Read"
Comment: Those not familiar with Elisabeth's work might do well to read her article entitled, "Feminist Theology as a Critical Theology of Liberation". That article, published in a number of edited collections of feminist theology, lays out the methodology she uses in, "In Memory of Her". Just as important, those not familiar with her work should begin this book with the understanding that it demands to be studied, not just read, very carefully. It is not a written motivational talk, i.e. to help women feel better about themselves. Women are not the problem. The book is written to challenge the deeply embedded assumptions scholars and people of faith make about biblical religion, biblical texts, and religious authority. It is the challenge, not just the book, that is formidable.
Rating: 4
Summary: Radical scholarly work on women in early christianity
Comment: From Biblical and extra-canonical literature, Schussler-Fiorenza gleans many little jewels of insight into the role of women in the early church. She compares the epistles of Peter and Paul, which enjoin restraint and submission of women, to the writers of the primary Gospels who emphasize altruistic love and service, not any form of hierarchy, as the substance of spiritual life. She relates the social conventions and legal roles of women in the ancient Roman world to the emergence of patriarchal church-institutions, in contrast to house-churches which could be headed by women. The picture which emerges is a very diverse early christian millieu in which women prophesied, presided over the eucharist, supported missionaries, and were missionaries themselves.
Unfortunately, the picture is hard to see if you are unaccustomed to the language of biblical scholarship and feminist historical reconstruction. For most people interested in feminist theology, this is not the book to start with. I wish someone would rewrite it for a broader audience. In substance it is exactly the kind of background that every woman should have, in order to understand how she has been viewed, defined, and influenced by christianity and christian-dominated culture.
It should be required reading (along with a diet of bread and water and daily flagellation) for every Catholic bishop who is not demanding the ordination of women in his church.
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Title: She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse by Elizabeth A. Johnson ISBN: 0824513762 Publisher: Crossroad/Herder & Herder Pub. Date: October, 1993 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet: Critical Issues in Feminist Christology by Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza ISBN: 0826406718 Publisher: Continuum Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: When Women Were Priests : Women's Leadership in the Early Church and the Scandal of Their Subordination in by Karen J. Torjesen ISBN: 0060686618 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 15 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: But She Said : Feminist Practices of Biblical Interpretation by Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza ISBN: 0807012157 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Consider Jesus: Waves of Renewal in Christology by Elizabeth A. Johnson ISBN: 0824511611 Publisher: Crossroad/Herder & Herder Pub. Date: March, 1992 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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