Category: Theology

BOOKS

Transformative Lutheran Theologies: Feminist, Womanist, and Mujerista Perspectives., In Transformative Lutheran Theologies: Feminist, Womanist, and Mujerista Perspectives. ed. Mary J. Streufert. Minneapolis: Fortress Press 2010

The first of its kind, this volume is a collaborative presentation of feminist, womanist, mujerista, and queer Lutheran theologies. It is both systematic and constructive, for it addresses classical loci in theology and is relevant for preaching, teaching, and ethical considerations, both personal and institutional. The contributors from diverse experiences and contexts seek ongoing reformation of the church and the world.

Kristin Johnston Largen What Christians Can Learn from Buddhism: Rethinking Salvation., Minneapolis: Fortress Press 2009

It is true in the study of religion that to understand one’s own tradition truly one must inhabit another’s deeply. Kristin Johnston Largen in this exciting volume takes the reader on such a pilgrimage into Buddhism, to ultimately address what we as Christians might mean by salvation.

Cynthia Moe-Lobeda The Vocation of Neighbor-love in the Face of Structural Injustice: Luther for the Twenty-first Century., Alberta: University of Alberta 2010
Cynthia Moe-Lobeda Healing a Broken World: Globalization and God., Minneapolis: Fortress Press 2002
Marie Dennis, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Ched Myers, Joe Nangle, OFM, Stuart Taylor Say to This Mountain: Mark’s Story of Discipleship., Maryknoll: Orbis Books 1996
Marie Dennis, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Ched Myers, Joe Nangle, OFM, Stuart Taylor Saint Francis and the Foolishness of God., Maryknoll: Orbis Books 1996
Arthur Peacocke, Ann M. Pederson The Music of Creation with CD., Minneapolis: Fortress Press 2005

Reveals how Christian understanding of creation can be brightly lit by contemporary scientific insights and approached analogously by examining musical creativity. Included are relevant selections on an accompanying CD. Composition, fugal arrangement, rhythm and tempo, jazz improvisation — they all shed light on Christian convictions about creation.

Mary D Pellauer Toward a Tradition of Feminist Theology: The Religious Social Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Anna Howard Shaw., Brooklyn, NY: Carlson 1991
Caryn D. Riswold Feminism and Christianity: Questions and Answers in the Third Wave., Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books 2009

A collection of concise answers to basic questions like in order to generate discussion about how feminism and Christianity can challenge each other and can even work together in the twenty-first century. Situated firmly in the third wave of feminist activism and scholarship as well as in contemporary Christian theology, Riswold addresses issues such as race, class, gender, and sexuality with an affirmation of tradition alongside a push for change.

Caryn D. Riswold Human Life in the Vision of God., Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock (Pickwick Publications) 2006

In order to adequately address the issues of atonement and christology, we must understand how it is that we think about the relationship between God and the human being. The way in which we understand and interpret the life and death of Jesus and his role within that relationship then impacts our theology of the sacraments, particularly the eucharist.