Christian Doctrines for Global Gender Justice

This book extends the feminist theology subfield of creative imagining with traditional Christian doctrines. Whether women are welcomed into partnership and ministry or subject to exclusive male leadership, new imaginings are crucial for the twenty-first century global church. In this volume, contributors critically imagine doctrines of God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, Mary, theological anthropology, grace, free will, creativity, and hope with the aim of furthering global gender justice. As they address these doctrines and give shape to new ecotheologies, the volume's diverse set of contributors reflect on constructive projects from within their respective faith traditions. Their writings on the gospel will resonate with the concerns and projects of justice-seeking readers in a myriad of global contexts and locations.

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 Visiting Researcher at Georgetown University, 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.

1. Introduction; Jenny Daggers and Grace Ji-Sun Kim
2. Biblical Hermeneutics and the Interrogation of Doctrine; Elzbieta Adamiak
3. Beyond Ousia's Non-being-ness to Vínculos de Presencia—Evangélicas and (Triune) God; Loida I. Martell-Otero
4. Christ Beyond But Not Without Jesus; Sheila Briggs
5. The Green Cross: the Green Tree and the Oppression of Nature; Sigridur Gudmarsdottir
6. Ecological Evil, Redemption and the Wisdom of God: Re-imagining Redemption for Eco-Feminist Religious Practice; Hilda Koster
7. The Holy Spirit: A Womanist Conjure; Linda Thomas
8. Re-imagining Hope: Towards an Embodiment of Global Gender Justices; Nantawan Lewis
9. Mary: A Model of Full Humanity; Gina Messina-Dysert
10. Motherhood and The (In)vulnerability of the Imago Dei: Being Human In the Mystical-Political Cloud of Impossibility; Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandalfo
11. Divine Grace and the Question of Free Will: A Feminist 'Stumbling Block?; Amy Carr
12. 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