Description: This indispensable volume traces the rapidly evolving feminist scene in theology over the last generation and highlights specific contributions that have been and are being made. Although prominently Christian, the book also includes feminist initiatives from Judaism, Islam and Buddhism. The illustrious contributors offer an enlightening history, bracing analysis, and thoughtful proposals for the future.
Customer Reviews
Review Summary: Three and a half stars - a basic introduction
Date: 2008-12-21
Details: Three and a half stars. This book has strengths and weaknesses. The strength of the book is in its diverse representation of feminist perspectives - from Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Pacific Asian and Latina perspectives. Readers will find a diverse, but not complete representations of feminist perspectives on the liberal side of feminism. There are no conservatives present in this book, which some may see as a weakness. It is basically also a "non-book", meaning it is a collection of academic papers and perspectives from a feminist conference, so there are a diversity of themes loosely speaking to one another. Readers will find this a good, but not definitive collection (as it is a short book, this would be hard to expect of it), and will likely find it informative. Some essays are clearly stronger than others - particularly on Islam. This I thought was a good, overview essay of "Islamic feminism." So if you make it a part of your library on feminism, make sure it is not the only book you have read on the subject.
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