She argues that it is necessary to reframe the field of biblical studies and replace the competitive teaching models prevalent in graduate programs with an emancipatory, radical democratic pedagogical model that fosters collaboration, participation, and critical. She was the first woman elected as president of the society of biblical literature and she was elected to the american academy of arts and sciences in 2001. Her grounbreaking book, in memory of her, remains a seminal work in biblical scholarship. In memory of her by elisabeth schussler fiorenza koorong. This intentional traversing of academic disciplinestheology, ethics, church history, and biblical studiesfor the. Authors response volume 11 issue 1 elisabeth schussler fiorenza. A feminist theological reconstruction of christian origins. A feminist theological reconstruction of christian origins elisabeth fiorenza this brilliant scholarly treatise succeeds in bringing to our consciousness women who played an important role in the origins of christianity. A feminist theological reconstruction of christian origins elisabeth. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza s in memory of her is a groundbreaking work. The creation of a feminist theology the new york times.
Schussler fiorenza stands among the most articulate and respected theologians who have challenged the silence and marginality that have characterized the. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. For the first time, we have a powerful defense of new theological emancipatory. What do feminist approaches to interpreting scripture have. Fiorenza wants to use feminist theology as a hermeneutic of liberation. In memory of her, a feminist theological reconstruction of. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza biography, birth date, birth. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza here is a classic alternative reconstruction of the early church from a womans perspective. A feminist theological reconstruction of christian origins elizabeth schussler fiorenza new york, crossroad, 1983. By way of celebration, elisabeth schussler fiorenza has written a new introduction, surveying responses and developments over recent years and the issues which arise from them, and commenting on her own intentions. It is a serious contribution to womens history and, at the same time, it carries an argument for major reassessment of christian living and church structure to the extent that they express partiarchal domination and.
I expected her to be more critical of saint paul, but surprisingly she was not. In memory of her a feminist theological reconstruction of christian origins. In its most consistent forms it insists on the verbal inspiration and literalhistorical inerrancy of the bible. More than ten years after it was first published, this book is as important and influential as when it first appeared. From her childhood as a refugee at the end of world war ii to her rise to the top of her profession, elisabeth schussler fiorenza has worked toward offering a feminist alternative to the more common, malecentric interpretation of the bible. The first model, which i will call the doctrinal approach, understands the bible in terms of divine revelation and canonical authority. However, it conceives of biblical revelation and canonical authority in ahistorical, dogmatic terms. Her teaching and research focus on questions of biblical and theological epistemology, hermeneutics, rhetoric, and the politics of interpretation, as well as on issues of. A study of the motif of the kingdom and priesthood in the apocalypse. Ephesians is a mystery text that seeks to make known the multifarious wisdom of gd. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza is credited as feminist theologian, scholar, priest for god.
Elisabeth schussler fiorenza, in memory of her new york. In schussler fiorenza s theologicalhistorical analyses, the book of revelation is a literary product of early christian prophecy, and her interpretation leads to distinctive notions of the books composition, social intent, relation to the gospel of john, and visionary rhetoric of apocalypse and justice. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza is professor of new testament and theology at the. Review of elisabeth schussler fiorenza, in memory of her. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza, in memory of her, a feminist theological reconstruction of christian origins new york. A feminist reconstruction of christian origins 1983. For the first time, we have a powerful defense of new theological emancipatory models of hermeneutics, critical method, and historical reconstruction and an application of these models in one book. Thinking and working across borders, fortress, minneapolis, mn, 2014. This gives added value to what is already a classic.
A wide range of christian bibles, books, music, movies, and gifts available on sale at. Journal of feminist studies in religion, volume 35, number 1, spring 2019, pp. In her works we find much that can be appropriated by the church. The quest for identity predominates the history of the restorationist tradition, many sunday morning lessons, and even the strand of feminism. About 90 years later elisabeth schilssler fiorenza set another milestone. Religion is a space of struggle, resistance, and social transformation. I like how schussler fiorenza uses a confessional approach. Elisabeth schussler fiorenzas in memory of her is a groundbreaking. In examining the house churches, schussler fiorenza contrasts them with other religious clubs and associations in the grecoroman culture. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Jesus and the politics of interpretation seeks to interrupt the rhetorics and politics of meaning that, in the past decade, have compelled the proliferation of popular and scholarly books and articles about the historical jesus, and that have turned jesus into a commodity of neocapitalist western culture. Elisabeth schussler fiorenza is the krister stendahl professor of divintiy at havard divinity school, the first woman president of the society of biblical literature 1987, and the cofounder and coeditor of the journal of feminist studies in religion.
Elisabeth schussler fiorenza on the apocalypse of john. A feminist theological reconstruction of christian origins is one of schussler fiorenza s earliest and bestknown books. Reframing ideas about feminist theory and theology for the 21st century in congress of wo men. Rhetoric and ethic is a book that holds up a mirror, or perhaps better, a reflected image of our profession our assumptions, our activities and our goals. In memory of her, first published in 1983, has achieved international acclaim as a classic of feminist biblical scholarship.