Sex, Race, and God: Christian Feminism in Black and White"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 |
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Sex, Race, and God: Christian Feminism in Black and White Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite No preview available - 1989 |
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