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- catalog abstract ""Feminist theologians have commonly identified Reinhold Niebuhr's Christian realism as a prime example of a patriarchal theological ethic that promotes domination. In this constructive study, however, Rebekah Miles claims that Niebuhr's thought can usefully be appropriated and revised in service of a new feminist ethic - a feminist Christian realism. Miles offers this new ethic as an answer to the loss of moral grounding and critical judgment within some North American feminist theologies." "Miles contends that an increasingly radical feminist emphasis on divine immanence and human boundedness has undercut key assumptions upon which feminism rests. Niebuhr's realism, she believes, can be the source of a necessary correction. Feminist theologians, Miles argues, would be better served by using the categories of Christian realism to critically retrieve a more positive understanding of divine transcendence and human self-transcendence while maintaining their emphasis on human boundedness and divine presence." "Miles develops this position in conversation with Niebuhr and two prominent feminist theologians, Rosemary Radford Ruether and Sharon Welch. Ruether's turn to creation and Welch's turn to community together provide an important corrective to Niebuhr's Christian realism." "Miles's critical reappraisal of these three important figures will be of great interest to ethicists and theologians, and her own creative synthesis will be received as a significant contribution to the development of this new feminist ethic."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11976398.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Feminist theologians have commonly identified Reinhold Niebuhr's Christian realism as a prime example of a patriarchal theological ethic that promotes domination. In this constructive study, however, Rebekah Miles claims that Niebuhr's thought can usefully be appropriated and revised in service of a new feminist ethic - a feminist Christian realism. Miles offers this new ethic as an answer to the loss of moral grounding and critical judgment within some North American feminist theologies." "Miles contends that an increasingly radical feminist emphasis on divine immanence and human boundedness has undercut key assumptions upon which feminism rests. Niebuhr's realism, she believes, can be the source of a necessary correction. Feminist theologians, Miles argues, would be better served by using the categories of Christian realism to critically retrieve a more positive understanding of divine transcendence and human self-transcendence while maintaining their emphasis on human boundedness and divine presence." "Miles develops this position in conversation with Niebuhr and two prominent feminist theologians, Rosemary Radford Ruether and Sharon Welch. Ruether's turn to creation and Welch's turn to community together provide an important corrective to Niebuhr's Christian realism." "Miles's critical reappraisal of these three important figures will be of great interest to ethicists and theologians, and her own creative synthesis will be received as a significant contribution to the development of this new feminist ethic."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Freedom and boundedness : a feminist Christian realist account -- Whats so bad about Reinhold Niebuhr? : feminist criticisms of Niebuhr -- Freedom for the world: Reinhold Niebuhr's Christian realism -- The evolution of cooperation and consciousness : Rosemary Ruether's naturalist moral realism -- Battling for truth in the beloved community : Sharon Welch's relativist political realism -- Dueling realisms : Ruether, Welch, Niebuhr, and a feminist Christian realism.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 206 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0195144163 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "American Academy of Religion academy series".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "230/.082 21".
- catalog subject "BT83.55 .M49 2001".
- catalog subject "Feminist theology.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Freedom and boundedness : a feminist Christian realist account -- Whats so bad about Reinhold Niebuhr? : feminist criticisms of Niebuhr -- Freedom for the world: Reinhold Niebuhr's Christian realism -- The evolution of cooperation and consciousness : Rosemary Ruether's naturalist moral realism -- Battling for truth in the beloved community : Sharon Welch's relativist political realism -- Dueling realisms : Ruether, Welch, Niebuhr, and a feminist Christian realism.".
- catalog title "The bonds of freedom : feminist theology and Christian realism / Rebekah L. Miles.".
- catalog type "text".