Public Theology and the Challenge of Feminism

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Public Theology and the Challenge of Feminism is written by Stephen Burns and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1317591488 (ISBN 10) and 9781317591481 (ISBN 13).

Public Theology is a rapidly growing international field of study which focuses on how Christian belief and practice engage with wider social issues. Yet, whilst the ultimate concern of public theology is the well-being of society, this body of theology has largely developed without integrating the thinking of feminist theology and its insights into womens' lives and experience. Public Theology and the Challenge of Feminism argues that public theology risks re-inscribing traditional constructs of public and private, civic and domestic, and uncritical notions of gender and the work and worth of people. The book brings together both theory and case material to expose how public theology has actively downplayed or ignored feminist perspectives and to reveal how constructive feminism can be for the future of public theology.