Feminist Introduction to Paul

Feminist Introduction to Paul

Author: Sandra Hack Polaski

Publisher: Chalice Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780827210653

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Sandra Hack Polaski introduces readers to the letters and world of Paul, encouraging a critical appreciation of Paul and his writings that does not require a choice between commitment to the scriptures and integrity as a modern feminist. In conversation with the leading interpreters of Paul and considering possible responses to Paul-conformist, resistant, rejectionist, and transformational-Polaski forges her own theory of how to interpret Paul. She reads, emphasizes, and reinterprets overlooked, neglected, misintegrated, or differently interpreted Pauline texts, making visible the invisible and challenging the accepted readings. Polaski uncovers both the ideologies behind the text and the ideologies the text seeks to suppress. She traces the trajectories toward which the texts point even if Paul did not fully follow the trajectories to their logical end. Such a program leads Polaski to find God's New Creation as the operative center of Pauline thought.


A Feminist Introduction to Paul

A Feminist Introduction to Paul

Author: Sandra Hack Polaski

Publisher: Chalice Press

Published: 2005-04-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780827210370

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Sandra Hack Polaski introduces readers to the letters and world of Paul, encouraging a critical appreciation of Paul and his writings that does not require a choice between commitment to the scriptures and integrity as a modern feminist. In conversation with the leading interpreters of Paul and considering possible responses to Paul-conformist, resistant, rejectionist, and transformational-Polaski forges her own theory of how to interpret Paul. She reads, emphasizes, and reinterprets overlooked, neglected, misintegrated, or differently interpreted Pauline texts, making visible the invisible and challenging the accepted readings. Polaski uncovers both the ideologies behind the text and the ideologies the text seeks to suppress. She traces the trajectories toward which the texts point even if Paul did not fully follow the trajectories to their logical end. Such a program leads Polaski to find God's New Creation as the operative center of Pauline thought.


Why is Feminism So Hard to Resist?

Why is Feminism So Hard to Resist?

Author: Paul R. Harris

Publisher: Repristination Press

Published: 2011-03

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9781891469473

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When the historic first American women's right meeting took place on July 19 and 20, 1848, few of those gathered in Seneca Falls, New York could have imagined the sweeping changes the feminist movement would bring to church, state and family. And yet, 150 years later, feminism tears at the very foundations of Christian civilization. In "Why is Feminism so Hard to Resist?," Pastor Paul R. Harris offers readers an opportunity to examine the history and teachings of one of the most influential movements of our time. From its emergence at the fringes of the Abolitionist movement, through the explosive cultural changes of the 1960s and up to the present, Harris tracks the development of a movement which plays on the American values of liberty, equality, and justice while undermining God's order of creation. Even more importantly, however, this book is a call for men and women to reexamine their own beliefs, repent and return to a Christian understanding of the male-female 'polarity.'


Miss Paul and the President

Miss Paul and the President

Author: Dean Robbins

Publisher: RH Childrens Books

Published: 2016-09-06

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 110193722X

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"Robbins makes clear for a quite young audience through both main narration and endnote that there were very specific obstacles that had to be overcome to extend the vote to women, and winning the endorsement of the president was a vital first step." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "A perfect introduction to a notable woman and her fight for a woman’s right to vote." --School Library Journal Cast your vote for Alice Paul! The story of a tireless suffragette and the president she convinced to change everything. When Alice Paul was a child, she saw her father go off to vote while her mother had to stay home. But why should that be? So Alice studied the Constitution and knew that the laws needed to change. But who would change them? She would! In her signature purple hat, Alice organized parades and wrote letters and protested outside the White House. She even met with President Woodrow Wilson, who told her there were more important issues to worry about than women voting. But nothing was more important to Alice. So she kept at it, and soon President Wilson was persuaded. Dean Robbins and illustrator Nancy Zhang bring the unsung hero to vivid life and show young voters-to-be how important it is to never back down from a cause you believe in!


Romancing Antiquity

Romancing Antiquity

Author: George E. McCarthy

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 9780847685295

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In this unique and comprehensive book, George McCarthy examines the influence of Greek philosophy, literature, arts, and politics on the development of twentieth-century German social thought. McCarthy demonstrates that the classical spirit vitalized thinkers such as Weber, Heidegger, Freud, Marcuse, Arendt, Gadamer, and Habermas. With the romancing of antiquity, they transformed their understanding of the modern self, political community, and Enlightenment rationality. By viewing contemporary social theory from the framework of the classical world, McCarthy argues, we are capable of thinking beyond the limits of modernity to new possibilities of human reason, science, beauty, and social justice.


Paul and Gender

Paul and Gender

Author: Cynthia Long Westfall

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2016-11-15

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1493404814

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A Coherent Pauline Theology of Gender Respected New Testament scholar Cynthia Long Westfall offers a coherent Pauline theology of gender, which includes fresh perspectives on the most controverted texts. Westfall interprets passages on women and men together and places those passages in the context of the Pauline corpus as a whole. She offers viable alternatives for some notorious interpretive problems in certain Pauline passages, reframing gender issues in a way that stimulates thinking, promotes discussion, and moves the conversation forward. As Westfall explores the significance of Paul's teaching on both genders, she seeks to support and equip males and females to serve in their area of gifting.


Jesus Feminist

Jesus Feminist

Author: Sarah Bessey

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1476717575

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Written with poetic rhythm, a prophetic voice, and a deeply biblical foundation, this loving yet fearless book urges today’s church to move beyond man-made restrictions and fully welcome women’s diverse voices and experiences. A freedom song for the church. Sarah Bessey didn’t ask for Jesus to come in and mess up all her ideas about a woman’s place in the world and in the church. But patriarchy, she came to learn, was not God’s dream for humanity. Bessey engages critically with Scripture in this gentle and provocative love letter to the Church. Written with poetic rhythm, a prophetic voice, and a deeply biblical foundation, this loving yet fearless book urges today’s church to move beyond man-made restrictions and fully welcome women’s diverse voices and experiences. It’s at once a call to find freedom in the fullness, hope, glory, and work of Christ, and a very personal and moving story of how Jesus made a feminist out of her.


Introducing Feminist Ecclesiology

Introducing Feminist Ecclesiology

Author: Natalie K. Watson

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2008-12-01

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1606081608

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Introducing Feminist Ecclesiology explores women's experiences of being church and reclaiming the church in order to rebuild it as a meaningful, open sacramental space where everybody's presence is celebrated. Natalie Watson proposes a creative and constructive dialog with existing theological approaches to the church, from different Christian traditions as well as more recent feminist theologians, and suggests the development of criteria that hear women's experiences of being church and reclaiming church into speech. The church is the embodied reality of all women children and men whose stories tell the story of the Triune God.


Radical Feminists

Radical Feminists

Author: Paul D. Buchanan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-07-25

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1598843575

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This timely new book explores the formation of the Radical Feminist Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, its prominent leaders and organizations, and the issues it sought to address. Radical Feminists: A Guide to an American Subculture provides a current, comprehensive introduction to the Radical Feminists of the 1960s and 1970s, familiarizing readers with the individuals, organizations, actions, and philosophies that comprised this now-historic movement. Of course, the feminists of the 1960s and 1970s stood on the shoulders of the crusaders who came before. Thus, the book looks at important historical events that paved the way for Radical Feminism, also examining the influence of the Women's Suffrage, Civil Rights, and New Left Movements. Specific social and political issues that concerned the Radical Feminists are explored, including sexuality, sex roles, contraception, and abortion; equal opportunity; feminism in the media; and women in leadership. Finally, the work scrutinizes the fate of the Radical Feminists and their legacy, discussing how their work affected the women's movement overall and how it affects the women—and men—of today.


Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology

Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology

Author: Pui-lan Kwok

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780664228835

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The burgeoning field of postcolonial studies argues that most theology has been formed in dominant cultures, laden intrinsically with imperializing structures. An essential task facing theology is thus to "decolonize" the mind and free Christianity from colonizing bias and structures. Here, in this truly groundbreaking study, highly respected feminist theologian Kwok Pui-lan offers the first full-length theological treatment of what it means to do postcolonial feminist theology. She explains her methodological basis and explores several specific topics, including Christology, pluralism, and creation.