Heart of the Cross: A Postcolonial Christology

Theologies have often pointed to the cross as a place of suffering and sacrifice while feminist critiques have frequently argued against interpretations of the cross as patriarchal valorizing of suffering. Wonhee Anne Joh points toward a new interpretation of the cross as a place of love where God and humanity come together in a surprising way. Interpreting the cross as performing a double gesture that has a subversive effect Joh argues that the cross works simultaneously to pay homage to and to menace complex oppressive powers. Utilizing the Korean concept of jeong Joh constructs a theology that is feminist political and love-centered while acknowledging the cross as source of pain and suffering. Johs innovative vision is a call for political love that is stronger than powers of oppression.