Seize The Role Of Women's Experience In Feminist Theologies Of Atonement Generated By Linda D. Peacore Format Kindle

Valerie Saiving sparked a controversy by critiquing some of theth c, theologians, Anders Nygren and Reinhold Niebuhr, and their androcentric theologies, which don't always speak into or adequately of women sometimes, even, against them, Feminist theologies and critiques against said theologies have burgeoned, The spectrum is wide, the map convoluted, To say "all feminists theologies are " betrays ignorance, Thus, nearlyyears after Saiving's seminal article, Linda D, Peacore surveys the various feminist trends and reactions, especially with regards to arguably the most central yet most criticized Christian doctrine by feminists in recent decades: atonement.
 

In a word, Peacore is very charitable, which, sorrowfully, is a lost virtue when entering conversations with feminists, womanists, Asian feminists, mujeristas, or any "controversial sides" one disagrees with.
These thinkers and theologians are certainly worthy of fair, civil discourse and debate,  This word, however, is not to say that Peacore is uncritical and relativist, In fact, her critique is sharper, precisely because she delved deeply into their assumptions and questioned the durability,  

On the one hand, women's experiences are what women drew from to rightly critique blatant androcentric theologies and oppressive interpretations, On the other, women's experiences, especially how they are used as sole key word! source and norm, are volatile and individualistic, It is undeniable that experience has been and should be used as a source of theological imagination, however if it is given primacy above all else, then its theology will suffer limitations and blindspots.
Womanist black feminists theologians were the first few to bring some of these blindspots to light when they critiqued feminist often white, middleclass theologies as being ignorant or dismissive of the racial elephant in the room.
Just as modern Western theologies do not speak for global Christianity, one feminist theology does not speak for all women, Therefore, Peacore's survey is welcomed,  

cf. sitelinkwww. sooholee. wordpress. com Description: A strong critique of traditional atonement theology is found in the work of many contemporary feminist theologians, This approach, in large part, is related to the notion of women's experiencea category that is used widely within feminist theology, But what is women's experience and how does it affect feminist theology, particularly views on the atonement The category of women's experience is pivotal to feminist theology, yet its use may lead to models of atonement that place excessive stress upon the subjective element of Christ's saving work thereby neglecting to address adequately the objective aspects of the cross.
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focuses on the methodological issues regarding the category of women's experience generally, its definition and use in feminist theology, with a more detailed analysis of its use in the context of feminist theologies of atonement.
Utilizing the work of a wide variety of feminist theologians in conversation with theologies of experience, this work attempts to understand the role of women's experience as it shapes feminist views on the atonement, noting the strengths and limitations of feminist approaches to soteriology.
Endorsements: ""Recent discussion of Feminist theologians in relation to the atonement has tended to be either overly dismissive or unduly adulatory, Linda Peacore does a fine job of taking seriously both their contribution and their concerns, while providing a lucid evangelical reading of a theology of experience more generally.
In an accessible style, she successfully moderates a critical contemporary conversation that will be increasingly central to the study of theology, "" William Dyrness Fuller Theological Seminary ""Appealing to ""women's experience,"" feminist theology has offered a salutary critique of the Christian theological tradition, The value of this critique notwithstanding, appeals to experience of any kind need to be subjected to critical scrutiny, Linda Peacore undertakes that task in this book with impressive care and academic rigor, and provides an invaluable resource both for feminist theology itself, and for the broader theological tradition.
"" Murray Rae University of Otago About the Contributors: Linda Peacore PhD, King's College, University of London regularly teaches as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
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