DISQUS

Gordon · 1 year ago

I mentioned on another discussion here that I have just completed reading Elizabeth Fiorenza's book 'In Memory of Her'. Unfortunatley it is full of jargon and somewhat pedantic, however she has made a major contribution to christian feminism and the question of women's rights in the church (she is Roman Catholic).

Her hermeneutics of suspicion regarding the male dominated accounts in both the Old and the New Testament deserve a little more attention than they have been given in evangelical churches. Some of the shocking cultural views of women expressed in Leviticus and Deuteronomy make me sometimes wonder what the creation account would look like if it had been written by a woman - I am quite sure it would have been Adam rather than Eve who had tasted the forbidden fruit.

Hugo · 1 year ago

My thoughts: execute a Jesus revolution (humble, loving, unitive, self-sacrificial, concerned with service), not a Marxist one (aggressive, rebellious, divisive, disparaging of all hierarchy, obsessed with the language of power).

Ruth L.R.B. · 1 year ago

If you enjoyed Fiorenza's book, you would also be interested in reading those by Sister Joan Chittister, a Benedictine. I especially recommend Called to Question.