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THE STATUS OF THE ANOMALY IN THE FEMINIST GOD‐TALK OF ROSEMARY RUETHER
Author(s) -
James George Alfred
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1990.tb00878.x
Subject(s) - orthodoxy , philosophy , theology , feminist theology , relation (database) , ideology , character (mathematics) , gnosticism , christian theology , literature , art , mathematics , computer science , geometry , database , politics , political science , law
. Scripture, the creeds, and tradition have provided the raw material that theology has attempted to refine. The contribution of much recent theology comes from new insight into these materials by women, blacks, and the Third World, often as examined by analytic tools derived from post‐Christian ideologies. The theology of Rosemary Ruether stands out because of her choice of sources, among which she includes documents excoriated as heretical by what she calls the patriarchal orthodoxy of the early Christian church. Because of this it is useful to examine this type of theology in relation to other theological inquiries of recent years. The thesis of this paper is that, in her ability to incorporate source material hitherto regarded as heretical, Ruether has demonstrated the scientific character of this kind of theology.