Sex, Race, and God: Christian Feminism in Black and White

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Wipf and Stock Publishers, Apr 1, 2009 - Religion - 192 pages
"Sex, Race, and God is the impassioned manifesto of a white feminist's reckoning with the meaning of race-including her own whiteness-in doing theology. We should be discussing, and acting on many of Thistlethwaite's insights for quite some time. She has made a vital contribution to the feminist theological enterprise and to the critical relationship between back and white women in it."-Carter Heyward"Sex, Race, and God is a sincere attempt to listen to and learn from African-American women. . . a serious and largely successful effort to create a method that addresses differences rather than proposing wishful commonalities. Many women of color will find it promising a basis for dialogue."-The Women's Review of Books"This pivotal book illuminates a significant ongoing debate at the intersection of two fields: contemporary theology and feminist studies."-Choice"Thistlethwaite does what so few white feminists have done: genuinely interact with (and learn from) the strong differences in experience and perspective between African -American women and European-American women."-The Other Side
 

Contents

A White Feminist History
27
Class and Creation
44
Nature and the Fall
60
The Self and Sin
77
Jesus and Christa
92
God the Father God the Mother and the Goddess
109
Violence
126
Notes
143
Index
173

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About the author (2009)

Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite is associate professor of theology and culture at Chicago Theological Seminary and an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ. She is the author of Metaphors for the Contemporary Church and A Just Peace Church.

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