Intersectional Theology

<p><i>Intersectional Theology: An Introductory Guide</i> offers a pathway for reflective Christians pastors and theologians to apply the concepts and questions of intersectionality to theology. Intersectionality is a tool for analysis developed primarily by black feminists to examine the causes and consequences of converging social identities (gender race class sexual identity age ability nation religion) within interlocking systems of power and privilege (sexism racism classism heterosexism ableism ageism nativism) and to foster engaged activist work toward social justice. Applied to theology intersectionality demands attention to the Christian thinker's own identities and location within systems of power and the value of deep consideration of complementary competing and even conflicting points of view that arise from the experiences and understandings of diverse people.</p><p>This book provides an overview of theories of intersectionality and suggests questions of intersectionality for theology challenging readers to imagine an intersectional church a practice of welcome and inclusion rooted in an ecclesiology that embraces difference and centers social justice.</p><p>Rather than providing a developed systematic theology <i>Intersectional Theology</i> encourages readers to apply its method in their own theologizing to expand their own thinking and add their experiences to a larger theology that moves us all toward the kin-dom of God.</p>