The Trouble with White Feminist Theologians? Decentring White Normativity in Feminist Theology

Feminist theology has provided a critical hermeneutical lens through which to interrogate hegemonic and hierarchical social and theological structures. Yet, can feminist theology itself be charged with the same paradigmatic problems it seeks to challenge? What exactly do we speak of when we speak of...

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Main Author: Galbraith, Eilidh (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2024
In: Feminist theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 147-162
RelBib Classification:FD Contextual theology
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBE Anthropology
ZB Sociology
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Post-colonialism
B Feminist
B Intersectionality
B white normativity
B Feminist Theology
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Summary:Feminist theology has provided a critical hermeneutical lens through which to interrogate hegemonic and hierarchical social and theological structures. Yet, can feminist theology itself be charged with the same paradigmatic problems it seeks to challenge? What exactly do we speak of when we speak of feminist theology? More importantly, who are we speaking of? Drawing from Kyla Schuller’s seminal volume, ‘The Trouble with White Women: A counter-history of feminism’, this article seeks to uncover the foundational connections between the historically ‘white feminism’ of Schuller’s counter-history and feminist theology, examining how, and indeed if, feminist theology contests or colludes with this problematic legacy. Considering post-colonial and intersectional feminist perspectives which trouble epistemological normativity, this article asks, is it possible to decentre, from the centre?
ISSN:1745-5189
Contains:Enthalten in: Feminist theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/09667350231208131