Struggling with Reconciling Hearts and Holding Fast to Our Dreams
This paper is part of a cluster of issues around reconciliation on which I have been working. I begin with the tension between the fact that reconciliation is an unpopular concept in feminist theology, yet in contexts of conflict is the deepest longing as well as a cherished Christian ideal. By focu...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Sage
2009
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Feminist theology
Jahr: 2009, Band: 17, Heft: 3, Seiten: 339-355 |
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Justice
B Forgiveness B Reconciliation B Flourishing B Sacrifice |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This paper is part of a cluster of issues around reconciliation on which I have been working. I begin with the tension between the fact that reconciliation is an unpopular concept in feminist theology, yet in contexts of conflict is the deepest longing as well as a cherished Christian ideal. By focusing on post-genocide Rwanda I am opening up key issues. I then focus on the difficulties associated with `reconciliation' beginning with the fear that it may involve giving up on structural justice. Feminist theology's problems with the concept are explored before re-envisioning the death of Jesus in terms of life-giving love and affirmation of life which is the suggested re-interpretation of sacrifice. This brings us into a meta-patriarchal world where symbols of flourishing replace patriarchal symbols of violence. Reconciliation then is both the goal of healed creation and the path towards it. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5189 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Feminist theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0966735009102363 |