‘The Past Is Not A Husk Yet Change Goes On’: Reimagining (Feminist) Theology

Feminism is still often dismissed as an outmoded or discredited concept, out of touch with the feelings and desires of real women and men or antithetical to any proper vision of Christianity. So for the feminist theologian it is as important as ever to find ways of discriminating between truth and f...

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Main Author: Jasper, Alison (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2007
In: Feminist theology
Year: 2007, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 202-219
Further subjects:B Theology
B Feminism
B husk
B Past
B Christian
B Revisioning
B Liberation
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Summary:Feminism is still often dismissed as an outmoded or discredited concept, out of touch with the feelings and desires of real women and men or antithetical to any proper vision of Christianity. So for the feminist theologian it is as important as ever to find ways of discriminating between truth and falsity and of discerning a future path. In this piece I try to articulate one possible feminist approach using insights from the work of philosophers Deleuze and Guattari—particularly on assemblages—and from the work of poet and theorist, Adrienne Rich, on revisioning. It is my sense that these tools may be able to help provide feminist theologians with the support we undoubtedly need if we are genuinely to be able to acknowledge the weight of our pasts and the risk of our futures without becoming overwhelmed or immobilized in a context which remains decidedly challenging.
ISSN:1745-5189
Contains:Enthalten in: Feminist theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0966735007072031