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Rabbi Bradley Shavit DHL Artson • God of Becoming and Relationship: The Dynamic Nature of Process Theology
Women too have been declared to be inferior to men; we know what it is to be afraid, and to be hunted. It’s only natural, then, that we should closely identify with animals, and embrace them as allies and as teachers on our journey. But with that kinship comes responsibility, and so perhaps it is time to reclaim our ancient role as Mistress of the
... See moreSharon Blackie • If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging
Fairy tales, myths, and stories provide understandings which sharpen our sight so that we can pick out and pick up the path left by the wildish nature. The instruction found in story reassures us that the path has not run out, but still leads women deeper, and more deeply still, into their own knowing. The tracks we all are following are those of t
... See moreDr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés • Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
His Jesus is a combination of the living Word of the Old Testament, the Shekinah of Jewish hope (God’s tabernacling presence in the Temple), and “wisdom,” which in some key Jewish writings was the personal self-expression of the creator God, coming to dwell with humans and particularly with Israel (see Wis. 7; Sir. 24).
N. T. Wright • How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels
before modernity, theology and biblical scholarship were the same thing.
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
They investigate the past and relate the struggles of the apostles and the Fathers to our present struggles. Thus they become defenders of the faith, showing its reasonableness, its “fittingness” for the oppressed community now.
James H. Cone • God of the Oppressed
black insurrection in Detroit in the summer of 1967. I had moved the year before to teach in Adrian, Michigan, just seventy miles from Detroit. I remember the feeling of dread and absurdity as I asked myself, What has all this to do with Jesus Christ—his birth in Bethlehem, his baptism with and life among the poor, and his death and resurrection? I
... See moreJames H. Cone • God of the Oppressed
Black liberation theology was created by black theologians and preachers who rejected this white teaching about the meek, long-suffering Jesus. We called it hypocritical and racist. Our christology focused on the revolutionary Black Christ who “preached good news to the poor,” “proclaimed release to the captives,” and “let the oppressed go free” (L
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