History of Christian Experience II

Beverly Wildung Harrison (1932-2012) was among the most influential of Christian feminist theological ethicists in the latter part of the twentieth century. Her writing, teaching, and mentoring had a profound influence on generations of students who would go on to shape dimensions of feminist and womanist Christian reflection and discourse. A Presbyterian by tradition, background, … More Beverly Wildung Harrison, The Power of Anger in the Work of Love (1981)

Theologian and Episcopal priest Kelly Brown Douglas (1957- ) wrote this essay when the project of womanist theology was still in its early years of development. “Womanism” as a term, attitude, and program developed in association with the writings of Alice Walker (in particular the writings collected in In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens) and the … More Kelly Delaine Brown Douglas, Womanist Theology: What is its Relationship to Black Theology? (1993)

In the post-second world war period, migration of people from the Middle East and South Asia to Christian-dominant countries (in Europe and North America) produced a need in those countries for reconsideration and renegotiation of cultural and religious identity. With a rapid rise in the number of Muslims in Europe and in North America, the … More Amina Wadud, PBS Frontline: Interviews with Muslim Scholars—Amina Wadud (2002)