(+) Jesus, Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet: Critical Issues in Feminist Christology (1994 Schüssler Fiorenza), book

Jesus, Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet: Critical Issues in Feminist Christology (1994) is a book by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza.

Abstract

"In Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza makes a unique contribution to two quite different discussions of Jesus the Christ. On the one hand, she looks at biblical christology from a critical feminist perspective in the tradition of liberation theology. On the other, she examines the feasibility of a feminine christology by considering such problems as Christian anti-Judaism, ideological justification of domination, religious exclusivism and the formation of patriarchal identity. Re-imagining the Jesus movement in a feminist key transcends the boundaries set by history, gender and doctrine. By assessing various Jesus traditions and interpretations in terms of whether they can engender liberating visions for today, Schüssler Fiorenza seeks to challenge and transform a Christianity dominated by masculinity and exclusivist theological frameworks so that it offers a vision of justice and well-being for all, the central image in which is the reign, the coming world, of God. This Cornerstones edition features a new extended introduction which takes into account the developments in the field since the work was originally published in 1994."--Publisher description.

"Fiorenza charts the rise and fall into "historical amnesia" of the liberating movement gathered around Jesus as the prophet and messenger of Divine Sophia, or Woman Wisdom, the all-powerful female figure in early Jewish Scriptures and theology. While teachings about Women Wisdom permeate the texture of the Christian ("New") Testament, they were quickly clothed in what the author calls kyriocentric (ruling-male) language. Not simply a work of historical reconstruction, this is a work of constructive feminist theology, showing how the historically unrealized possibilities of Woman Wisdom can offer the vision of a different world and a different church. By assessing various Jesus traditions and interpretations as to whether they can engender liberating visions for today, the book seeks to challenge and transform masculine Christian identity formations and exclusivist theological frameworks toward the basileia vision of justice and well-being for all."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in New York, NY: Continuum; and London [England]: SCM Press, 1994.

Translations

• Gesù figlio di Miriam, profeta di sophía: questioni critiche di cristologia femminista (1996 Schüssler Fiorenza / Jourdan Comba), book (Italian ed.)

• Jesus--Miriams Kind, Sophias Prophet: kritische Anfragen feministischer Christologie (1997 Schüssler Fiorenza / Graffen-Minkus, Mayer-Schärtel), book (Gemran ed.)

• Jezus--kind van Mirjam, profeet van Sophia: kritische kwesties in de feministische christologie (1997 Schüssler Fiorenza / Versteegen), book (Dutch ed.)

• Cristología feminista crítica: Jesús, hijo de Miriam, profeta de la Sabiduría (2000 Schüssler Fiorenza / Bedford), book (Spanish ed.)

Contents

The oratory of Euphemia and the ekklesia of wo/men -- And Mary went into the hill country : issues in feminist Christology -- The power of naming : Jesus, women, and Christian anti-Judaism -- The execution of Jesus and the theology of the cross -- Prophets of Sophia : searching for divine wisdom -- In her image and likeness : women of wisdom.

External links

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