Synopses & Reviews
Faith, Feminism, and Scholarship engages third wave Womanist, Latina, Asian, Black and White feminists discussing their approaches to religious scholarship, teaching strategies, and participation in communal and social activism. The volume looks at major themes in feminist religious scholarship including our identities as scholars and activists, what lead us to ministry as scholars, and how our work is shaped by our faith commitments. The authors engage feminist and womanist theory, post-colonial thought, critical race theory, gender studies as well as using personal narrative to describe and enliven tensions in these theories and practice including pedagogical models of transformation.
Synopsis
A multicultural collection of third-wave feminist voices, this book reveals how current feminist religious scholars from around the world are integrating social justice and activism into their scholarship and pedagogy. Harris and Ott divide the collection into three sections, exploring the contributors' identities as both feminist scholars and activists, what led them to the ministry as scholars, and how their scholarship is shaped by faith.
About the Author
Melanie L. Harris is an associate professor of Religion and Ethics at Texas Christian University. She teaches Christian social ethics, Womanist religious thought, feminist theory, ecospirituality, and media and religion. She is author of
Gifts of Virtue: Alice Walker and Womanist Ethics, (Palgrave, 2010).
Kate M. Ott joined Drew Theological School in 2011 as an assistant professor of Christian Social Ethics. Prior to Drew, she worked at the Religious Institute, an organization that promotes a progressive religious vision of sexual morality, justice, and healing in congregational and public life. She is co-editor of Dr. Letty Russell's posthumous work Just Hospitality: God's Welcome in a World of Difference.
Table of Contents
Preface - Emilie M. Townes
Introduction - Melanie L. Harris and Kate M. Ott
Section One: Coming to Voice: Faith and Feminism
Remnants: Mothering, Spirituality and African American Activism -- Rachel Elizabeth Harding
Christian Feminist Theology and Postcolonial Resistance -- W. Anne Joh
Feminism and Justice: Who We Are, What We Do -- Kate M. Ott
Section Two: Keeping the Light: Sharing Story, Sharing Strength
Changing the Bulb and Turning on the Light: The Power of Personal Agency in Feminist Work -- Malinda Elizabeth Berry
A Solidarity-Talk among Women of Color: Creating the “We-Category” as a Liberative Feminist Method -- Keun-Joo Christine Pae
A Latina Methodology for Christian Ethics: The Role of the Social Sciences in the Study and Praxis of the Option for the Poor in the United States -- María Teresa Dávila
Transformative “Moves” to Join: A Transnational Feminist Pedagogical Practice -- Nami Kim
Section Three: Walking the Talk: Embodied Feminist Pedagogies
Womanist Wholeness and Community -- Melanie L. Harris
Crafting the Ground as We Go: “White” Feminism and the College Classroom -- Jennifer Harvey
Pedagogy with the Repressed: Critical Reflections from a Post-9/11 Biblical Studies Classroom -- Davina Lopez
Vocational Journeys: Moving Towards a Creative and Disruptive Womanist Pedagogy -- Deborah Buchanan