Christian Doctrines for Global Gender Justice

This book extends the feminist theology subfield of creative imagining with traditional Christian doctrines. Whether women are welcomed into partnership and ministry or subject to exclusive male leadership, new imaginings are crucial for the twenty-first century global church. Doctrines of God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, Hope, Mary, theological anthropology with attention to Imago Dei, Grace and Free Will, and creativity are critically imagined to further global gender justice. New ecotheologies are shaped in two chapters. Contributors address doctrines by reflecting on constructive projects from within their respective faith traditions. The African-, Asian-, European- and Latina- American, white British, Dutch and Icelandic women who write here reflect the complexity of ethnic and Christian diversity, as we shape our received traditions. We offer these situated writings on the heart of the gospel in the hope they will resonate with the concerns and projects of justice-seeking readers in myriad different global locations.

Jenny Daggers is Associate Professor of Christian Theology at Liverpool Hope University, UK. Recent publications include Postcolonial Theology of Religions: Particularity and Pluralism in World Christianity, Reimagining with Christian Doctrines, co-edited with Grace Ji-Sun Kim, and Gendering Christian Ethics.

Grace Ji-Sun Kim is Visiting Researcher at Georgetown University, USA. She is the author of Reimagining with Christian Doctrines, co-edited with Jenny Daggers, Colonialism, Han and the Transformative Spirit, The Holy Spirit, Chi, and the Other, and The Grace of Sophia: A Korean North American Women's Christology.