Feminism and Christianity - Questions and Answers in the Third Wave (Paperback)

Why should feminists care about Christianity? This book asks and answers some fundamental questions that Christians and feminists have about each other in a new century and a new generation. The questions reflect suspicions encountered in a meeting of the two, and the answers reflect the twenty-first-century realities that now inform both. It is time for a renewed conversation between feminism and Christianity if anyone inside or outside the two groups thinks that either is no longer relevant. Feminism has transformed the lives of women and men irrevocably, and Christianity remains a powerful and ever-changing tradition with enormous influence around the world. Before explaining these things more closely by getting to the questions and answers, some history and basic terminology needs to be explained. The book is structured so that an individual, group, or class could dip in and out of it as interest and time permit. The first half of the book looks at feminist questions to Christianity. It is written to address the questions from feminists suspicious of Christianity. It could be of special interest to feminist activists and women's studies students. The second half of the book looks at Christian questions to feminism and is written to address questions from Christians suspicious of feminism. It could be of special interest to individual Christians and their congregational reading and study groups.