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God Loves Diversity and Justice
Progressive Scholars Speak about Faith, Politics, and the World|
48,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 16.05.2013 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780739173190 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 248 |
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<span><span><span>Both personal and scholarly in tone, this book encourages readers to think theologically, ethically, and politically about the statement that declares: “God loves diversity and justice.” The multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-disciplinary, and multi-gendered identities of the eleven contributors and two respondents deepen the conversation. It considers questions such as: Do we affirm or challenge this theological statement? Do we concentrate on “God” in our response or do we interrogate what diversity and justice mean in light of God’s love for diversity and justice? Alternatively, do we prefer to ponder the verb, to love, and consider what it might mean for society if people really believed in a divinity loving diversity and justice? Of course, there are no easy and simple answers whether we consult the Sikh scriptures, the Bible, the Qur’an, the movies, the Declaration of Human Rights, or the transgender movement, but the effort is worthwhile. The result is a serious historical, literary, cultural, and religious discourse that fends against intellectually rigid thought and simplistic belief systems across the religious spectrum. In our world in which so much military unrest and violence, economic inequities, and religious strife prevail, such a conversation nurtures theological, ethical, and political possibilities of inclusion and justice.</span></span></span>
<span><span><span>This book interrogates the theological statement of God loving diversity and justice from the multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-disciplinary, and multi-gendered identities of the contributors. They engage selectively the various sources of their diverse traditions, including the Sikh scriptures, the Bible, the Qur’an, the movies, the Declaration of Human Rights, and the transgender movement. The result is a serious historical, literary, cultural, and religious discourse that fends against intellectually rigid thought and simplistic belief systems.</span></span></span>
<span><span><span>Introduction: From Progressive Theological Discourse to Changing the World</span></span><br><span><span>Susanne Scholz</span></span><br><span><span>PART I. ABOUT GOD</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 1: God </span><span>Is</span><span> Diversity and Justice: A Feminist Sikh Perspective</span></span><br><span><span>Nikky-Guninder K. Singh </span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 2: As Long As You Are Doing Something: A Secular Feminist Perspective from Canada</span></span><br><span><span>Pamela J. Milne</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 3: I AM, Who Loves the Prophets, Loves You: Meditations on the Progressive/Prophetic at the End of Jewish History</span></span><br><span><span>Marc H. Ellis</span></span><br><span><span>PART II. ABOUT LOVE</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 4: A World without Tags: A Progressive Palestinian Muslim Scholar Speaks</span></span><br><span><span>Isam Shihada</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 5: Class Matters in an Age of Empire: A White Feminist Working-Class American Speaks</span></span><br><span><span>Susanne Johnson</span></span><br><span><span>PART III. ABOUT DIVERSITY</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 6: Celebrating Diversity Is Not What It’s All About: A Progressive White Male German-American Theologian Speaks</span></span><br><span><span>Joerg Rieger</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 7: Does God Really Love Diversity? Biblical Counter-Examples from a Chinese-American Perspective</span></span><br><span><span>Sze-Kar Wan</span></span><br><span><span>PART IV. ABOUT JUSTICE</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 8: Diversity, Justice, and the Bible for Grown-Ups: A Jewish Russian-Israeli-American Hebrew Bible Scholar Speaks</span></span><br><span><span>Serge Frolov</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 9: The Exiled Native: The Paradox of the Black Scholar</span></span><br><span><span>Maria Dixon</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 10: Justice Is at the Core: The Law, Justice, and Gender Equality in Islamic Feminism</span></span><br><span><span>Qudsia Mirza</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 11: Transgender Spirituality: Finding Justice through Activism and Love</span></span><br><span><span>Gordene McKenzie and Nancy Nangeroni</span></span><br><span><span>PART V. TWO RESPONSES</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 12: Reflections on “God Loves Diversity and Justice”: A (Modern) Human Rights Perspective</span></span><br><span><span>Pat Davis</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 13: Should God Remain? A Response from the Perspective of Peace and Conflict Studies</span></span><br><span><span>Victoria Fontan</span></span></span>
<span><span><span>Susanne Scholz</span><span> is associate professor of Old Testament at Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University. Among her publications are </span><span>Sacred Witness: Rape in the Hebrew Bible </span><span>(2010),</span><span> </span><span>“</span><span>Lederhosen</span><span> Hermeneutics: Toward a Feminist Sociology of White Male German Old Testament Studies” (2010), and “Bible and Yoga: Toward an Esoteric Reading of the Bible” (2005). She also blogs for Feminist Studies of Religion, Inc., at <a href="http://www.fsrinc.org/users/susanne-scholz"><span>http://www.fsrinc.org/users/susanne-scholz</span></a></span><span>.</span></span></span>
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