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10 - Re-constructing Asian feminist theology: toward a glocal feminist theology in an era of neo-Empire(s)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

By
Namsoon Kang
Edited by
Sebastian C. H. Kim
Sebastian C. H. Kim
Affiliation:
York St John University
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Summary

Feminism is a major philosophical, political, social and religious movement which requires a profound intellectual conversion … It calls for a redefinition of power and authority and for a redistribution of power.

Kaye Ashe

To make the liberated voice, one must confront the issue of audience – we must know to whom we speak … When I thought about audience–the way in which the language we choose to use declares who it is we place at the center of our discourse – I confronted my fear of placing myself and other black women at the speaking center.

bell hooks

PROBLEMATIZING ‘ASIAN-WOMEN’

Asian feminist theology, like any other theology, is always in the making. The history of Asian theological engagement with feminism is in short supply and has not been explored in great detail in the various disciplines of theology over the last few decades. Asian feminist theology has emerged in the context of an ecumenical movement. Theologically trained women raised the issue of the invisibility of women in the Asian ecumenical movement and its institutions. While western feminist theological discourse was developed by individuals with a theological and biblical critique of the sexist and patriarchal system both in theology and the church, Asian feminist theology did not raise a theological agenda per se at the beginning of its development. The main issues were bringing women out from invisibility to visibility in ecumenical organizations such as the CCA (Christian Conference of Asia).

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Christian Theology in Asia , pp. 205 - 226
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2008

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