liberation theology

Carol P. Christ’s Legacy: Why Don’t Feminists Express Anger At God? by Carol P. Christ

By Carol P. Christ on January 10, 2022 • ( 6 )

Moderator’s Note: We here at FAR have been so fortunate to work along side Carol Christ for many years. She died from cancer in July, 2021. Her work continues through her non-profit foundation, the Ariadne Institute for the Study of Myth and… Read More ›

Feminist Interpretations by Elise Edwards

By Elise M. Edwards on September 18, 2015 • ( 8 )

I’ve written a few posts recently referencing biblical themes or stories. I’m not a biblical studies scholar; I’m an ethicist and theologian. So I know that ways I use the texts disturb some people who study them from a historical… Read More ›

The Case of Mary’s Decency by Xochitl Alvizo

By Xochitl Alvizo on February 22, 2015 • ( 10 )

This post builds on yesterday’s post on Marcella Althaus-Reid’s indecent theology. In her book, From Feminist Theology to Indecent Theology, Marcella Althaus-Reid states that liberation theology has two dominant characteristics: the familiar ‘preferential option for the poor,’ with its suspicion of… Read More ›

A Little Indecency with Marcella Althaus-Reid by Xochitl Alvizo

By Xochitl Alvizo on February 21, 2015 • ( 9 )

Inspired by the conversation following Vanessa Rivera de la Fuente’s post yesterday, I offer here a little synopsis of Marcella Althaus-Reid’s work in Indecent Theology: Theological Perversion in Sex, Gender, and Politics. Marcella Althaus-Reid opens her book by recalling a question she received… Read More ›

Dawn Morais Webster, the Pope off to his summer palace, Castel Gandolfo. He tells the world he will now become just a “humble pilgrim.”

Women for a Franciscan World by Dawn Morais Webster

By Guest Contributor on January 22, 2014 • ( 24 )

Women: Architects and Engineers of a Franciscan World This New Year’s Eve I find myself attending Mass at St. Austin’s Church in Austin, Texas. A long way from Hawaii and en route to Argentina which gave us Pope Francis. This… Read More ›

Standing in Cautious Optimism with the Election of the First Jesuit Pope by Michele Stopera Freyhauf

By Michele Stopera Freyhauf on March 21, 2013 • ( 11 )

From the time Benedict’s successor was revealed, I believed that we were witnessing something different – hopefully change. Pope Francis I embraces many “firsts” – which is probably why the Cardinals chose him. Change and reconciliation seem to be at… Read More ›