Locating Prayerful Submission for Feminist Ecumenism: Holy Saturday or Incarnate Life?

R. Marie Griffith and Sarah Coakley suggest that feminist ecumenism across the evangelical-liberal spectrum is valuable for feminist studies of religion and theologies. In this context, I trace the conversation that has arisen around the idea of adopting ‘submission' vis-à-vis the Christian not...

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Main Author: Poe, Shelli M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2018]
In: Feminist theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 171-184
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
FD Contextual theology
KDJ Ecumenism
Further subjects:B Incarnation
B Evangelical Churches
B Schleiermacher
B Christian Union
B Womanism
B Feminist Theology
B Kenosis
B Prayer
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Summary:R. Marie Griffith and Sarah Coakley suggest that feminist ecumenism across the evangelical-liberal spectrum is valuable for feminist studies of religion and theologies. In this context, I trace the conversation that has arisen around the idea of adopting ‘submission' vis-à-vis the Christian notion of kenosis, and turn it in a new direction. I argue that Coakley's apophatically cruciform understanding of submission in contemplative prayer contrasts with womanist approaches like that of Delores Williams. Drawing on Williams' considerations of atonement and Friedrich Schleiermacher's understanding of prayer, I offer ‘incarnational submission' as a way to acknowledge the value of prayerful submission while avoiding its potentially oppressive features.
ISSN:1745-5189
Contains:Enthalten in: Feminist theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0966735017738655