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1BlackBerry Premier message
Folks--thanks for joining this group! I really dig LibraryThing, but I've not really explored the world of the "Group" until now.
So here's my two-part question:
1) If you were teaching a group of undergraduates ANYTHING about feminist theology, what would you want them to learn/understand/grasp about feminist God-talk?
2) What book, film, story best conveys that concept/idea/image?
So here's my two-part question:
1) If you were teaching a group of undergraduates ANYTHING about feminist theology, what would you want them to learn/understand/grasp about feminist God-talk?
2) What book, film, story best conveys that concept/idea/image?
2JulieClawson
my answers -
1 - that feminist God-talk is not just about feminizing God, but about a bigger issue of naming God rightly. When we insist of using just one or two of the multitude of names (and metaphors, which is all names are really) for God, we impose limits on God. Our language needs to be expanded so as to allow us a more comprehensive (albeit still limited) view of God.
2 -this one is harder to answer. I know books that bring up the issue, but haven't read much yet that really dwells on the concept. So for now my answer has to be Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd. And although it doesn't directly deal with the issue Colossians Remixed by Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat helped me start processing the issue.
1 - that feminist God-talk is not just about feminizing God, but about a bigger issue of naming God rightly. When we insist of using just one or two of the multitude of names (and metaphors, which is all names are really) for God, we impose limits on God. Our language needs to be expanded so as to allow us a more comprehensive (albeit still limited) view of God.
2 -this one is harder to answer. I know books that bring up the issue, but haven't read much yet that really dwells on the concept. So for now my answer has to be Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd. And although it doesn't directly deal with the issue Colossians Remixed by Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat helped me start processing the issue.
3krasiviye.slova Premier message
I second one and might be able to help with 2 (based on the assigned reading from the undergrad feminist theology class I took).
Metaphorical Theology by Sallie McFague is, I think, one of the classics for discussion of metaphor. But it's fairly difficult. (I haven't had trouble reading it, but my professor didn't want to assign it to undergrads. I just brought the wrong book by mistake. She assigned Models of God by the same author instead, but I didn't care for it as much.)
Beyond God the Father by Mary Daly. To be honest, I hated this book with a passion, but it does have good points on naming God and the interesting suggestion of God as verb.
Dance of the Dissident Daughter is a wonderful book and very acessible. It would be good for undergrad -- particularly younger ones.
On a side note, I enjoyed Mujerista Theology. It was easier for me to identify with Isasi-Diaz than Mary Daly, given my class background.
Metaphorical Theology by Sallie McFague is, I think, one of the classics for discussion of metaphor. But it's fairly difficult. (I haven't had trouble reading it, but my professor didn't want to assign it to undergrads. I just brought the wrong book by mistake. She assigned Models of God by the same author instead, but I didn't care for it as much.)
Beyond God the Father by Mary Daly. To be honest, I hated this book with a passion, but it does have good points on naming God and the interesting suggestion of God as verb.
Dance of the Dissident Daughter is a wonderful book and very acessible. It would be good for undergrad -- particularly younger ones.
On a side note, I enjoyed Mujerista Theology. It was easier for me to identify with Isasi-Diaz than Mary Daly, given my class background.
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