historical theology
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Haunted by the Ghosts of Women Past
And today, this is what haunts me. This is what motivates my theological project. I want to look back at these women from history—both the exceptional and the unrecognized—and consider them as theologians in their own right. Continue reading
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Pope Francis and Mother Angélique: A Feminist Historical Theology Issue
This is an example of the type of hole that feminist historical theology needs to fill. We need scholars who are attentive to the writings of women throughout the history of Christianity, so that women can be fully thought of… Continue reading
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Toward a Feminist Historical Theology: Part II, Feminist Biblical Interpretation
The very structure of Schüssler Fiorenza’s text provides a model for feminist historical theologians to follow. Continue reading
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Toward a Feminist Historical Theology: Part I, Hamilton
What especially stood out for me when watching the musical was also how it dealt with the question of women’s history and I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how to articulate a methodology for a feminist historical theology, spurred… Continue reading
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Fratelli Tutti and the Importance of the Histor(ical Theolog)ian
Namely, at several points in the encyclical, Pope Francis discusses the importance of learning from our history. He discusses this in relation to learning from the pandemic in chapter one, but also earlier bemoans a lack of historical consciousness more… Continue reading
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Where Was Philosophia at the AAR Annual Meeting?
One of the things that I really appreciated about the sessions that I chose to attend at the AAR was the prevalence of women’s voices, but I was equally disturbed to hear about the shutting down of women’s voices occurring… Continue reading
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Why I Write for WIT: The Gender Disparity of Historical Theology
It is this space for women to develop, discuss, and share their ideas that I find so important in WIT. Continue reading
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Can We Bring History and Theology Back Together?
The point that I want to make is that this lack of historical understanding of theology is ultimately the fault of the structure of theology departments across the United States. Continue reading
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History, Theology, and the Task of the Historical Theologian
What does it really mean to do historical theology? How does it relate to history? Or, how does it relate to the discipline of theology as a whole? Is the historical theologian merely an historian of theology? Or, is there… Continue reading