Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet: Critical Issues in Feminist Christology

Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza

Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet: Critical Issues in Feminist Christology
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country
United Kingdom
Published
25 February 2016
Pages
328
ISBN
9780567658654

Jesus: Miriam’s Child, Sophia’s Prophet: Critical Issues in Feminist Christology

Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza

In Jesus: Miriam’s Child, Sophia’s Prophet Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza makes a unique contribution to two quite different discussions of Jesus the Christ. On the one hand, she looks at biblical christology from a critical feminist perspective in the tradition of liberation theology. On the other, she examines the feasibility of a feminine christology by considering such problems as Christian anti-Judaism, ideological justification of domination, religious exclusivism and the formation of patriarchal identity. Re-imagining the Jesus movement in a feminist key transcends the boundaries set by history, gender and doctrine. By assessing various Jesus traditions and interpretations in terms of whether they can engender liberating visions for today, Schussler Fiorenza seeks to challenge and transform a Christianity dominated by masculinity and exclusivist theological frameworks so that it offers a vision of justice and well-being for all, the central image in which is the reign, the coming world, of God. This Cornerstones edition features a new extended introduction which takes into account the developments in the field since the work was originally published in 1994.

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