Revisiting BISFT Summer School 2004, University of Bristol, 'Embracing Diversity: Seeking Harmony'

The article presents a dialogue between Carol P. Christ and Judith Plaskow. It argues that a process metaphysic provides an alternative to the Christian liberation paradigm and could help feminists in religion to articulate alternatives to the concept of God as a dominant male other found in classic...

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1. VerfasserIn: Christ, Carol P. 1945- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Sage [2019]
In: Feminist theology
Jahr: 2019, Band: 27, Heft: 3, Seiten: 311-328
RelBib Classification:AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus
FD Kontextuelle Theologie
NBC Gotteslehre
weitere Schlagwörter:B Free Will
B Evil
B Embodied love
B Goddess
B Death
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Zusammenfassung:The article presents a dialogue between Carol P. Christ and Judith Plaskow. It argues that a process metaphysic provides an alternative to the Christian liberation paradigm and could help feminists in religion to articulate alternatives to the concept of God as a dominant male other found in classical theism. A shared metaphysic could help feminists in different religious traditions to recognize common concerns and commitments, to guard against claims of uniqueness and exclusivity of religious traditions, and to engage with the complexities of diversity., Anticipating arguments against a feminist process paradigm, the dialogue addresses further questions: Is the idea of divinity as unfailing sympathy too good to be true? How do we explain bad things happening - is divinity evil as well as good? How does a process idea of divine sympathy differ from the traditional notions of God as love? Other issues considered are: self-sacrifice as love; the place of anger in a relational theology; co-creation and power with versus over. In conclusion the author suggests that the foundation of a shared spiritual feminist ethic would be understanding that life in the body is to be enjoyed by all and accepting responsibility to co-create a more just and harmonious world.
ISSN:1745-5189
Enthält:Enthalten in: Feminist theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0966735019829377