Engaging the Bible :

Engaging the Bible : critical readings from contemporary women / edited by Choi Hee An and Katheryn Pfisterer Darr. - Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c2006. - x, 150 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Hee An Choi -- A prophetic reading -- Resurrection in context : "Poor man Lazarus" and Christian agency / Cheryl Townsend Gilkes -- A postcolonial reading -- Sexual morality and national politics : reading biblical "loose women" / Kwok Pui-Lan -- A communal reading -- See--judge--act : A different approach to Bible study / Ada Irizarry-Fernandez -- A critical feminist emancipative reading -- Invitation to "dance" in the open house of wisdom : feminist study of the Bible / Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza -- A critical relational reading -- A path wide open : toward a (critical) relationship with the Christian bible / Carter Heyward -- Conclusion / Katheryn Pfisterer Darr.

9780800635657 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0800635655 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Bible--Feminist criticism.
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Bible and feminism.

BS521.4 / .E54 2006