From Feminist Theology to Indecent Theology. By Marcella Althaus-Reid. London: SCM Press, 2004. iv + 181 pp
‘Thisis not Liberation Theology but Post-Colonial Theology with a clear vocation for diasporic instability and sympathy for subversion more than for God’ (140). These are challenging words and perhaps already go beyond the pale for some people. Yet if, at this point, we simply switch off and relegat...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2006
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Literature and theology
Year: 2006, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 82-84 |
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| Summary: | ‘Thisis not Liberation Theology but Post-Colonial Theology with a clear vocation for diasporic instability and sympathy for subversion more than for God’ (140). These are challenging words and perhaps already go beyond the pale for some people. Yet if, at this point, we simply switch off and relegate what Marcella Althaus-Reid says to the realm of ‘radical’ or ‘extreme’ or simply ‘marginal theologies’, in the sense of ‘not to be taken seriously’, we are in danger of helping Althaus-Reid prove her point. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/fri051 |