Description: Rosemary Radford Ruethers authoritative, award-winning critique, now updated and expanded, evaluates conflict over the meaning of the gospel for gender relations. Ruether highlights women theologians work, challenging the patriarchal paradigm of historical theology. She incorporates a plurality of womens voices from multicultural, multireligious contexts to articulate feminist liberation theology today.
Brief description:
Rosemary Radford Ruether was the author of numerous influential works in feminist theology and the history of theology. Her recent works with Fortress Press include the edited volume Feminist Theologies: Legacy and Prospect (2007) and Many Forms of Madness: A Family's Struggle with Mental Illness and the Mental Health System (2010).