Research Catalog

Title

Postcolonial imagination and feminist theology / Kwok Pui-lan.

Author

Kwok, Pui-lan.

Publication

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2005.

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Details

Description

xi, 252 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"In this 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."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Postcolonial imagination & feminist theology

Subject

• Feminist theology
• Postcolonialism
• Théologie féministe
• Postcolonialisme

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Postcolonial imagination : historical, dialogical, and diasporic -- 2. Searching for wisdom : sources of postcolonial feminist theologies -- 3. Making the connections : postcolonial studies and feminist biblical interpretation -- 4. Finding Ruth a home : gender, sexuality, and the politics of otherness -- 5. Postcolonial feminist theology : what is it? : how to do it? -- 6. Political theology : voices of women from the Third World -- 7. Engendering Christ : who do you say that I am? -- 8. Beyond pluralism : toward a postcolonial theology of religious difference -- 9. Mending of creation : women, nature and hope.

ISBN

• 0664228836 (alk. paper)
• 9780664228835 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004048930

OCLC

56107927

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library