Through Her Eyes: Women's Theology from Latin America

A landmark in feminist theology Through Her Eyes brings together essays that probe the different ways women speak of God. Sexual identity spirituality religiosity the Trinity Christ the Church and the Kingdom of God are all studied from a womans viewpoint. Contributors: Ana Maria Bidegain Maria Clara Bingemer Teresa Cavalcanti Ivone Gebara Consuelo del Prado Nelly Ritchie Aracely de Rocchietti Elsa Tamez and Alida Verhoeven Finally the voices of women can be heard in Latin American Liberation Theology. Must reading for anyone interested in feminist studies in religion or liberation theologies. -- Elisabeth Schuessler Fiorenza Harvard Divinity School Women have begun to join in the transformation of theology which is our contemporary experience in many parts of the world. [Through Her Eyes represents the] contribution from Latin American women one which those who follow this development cannot afford to miss. -- Mercy Amba Oduyoye World Council of Churches Lively and often profound essays .. . . [Through Her Eyes] is an important contribution to the growing literature of third world womens theology. -- Rosemary Radford Ruether Professor Emerita Pacific School of Religion The clarity of thought insightful understandings and attention to womens reality make the essays in this volume a solid contribution to all theological enterprises. The authors of this book not only do theology but analyze what the task of doing theology is all about. -- Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz Professor of Ethics and Theology Drew University Through Her Eyes supplies what has long been missing from Latin American liberation theology--the womans voice and perspective. Not only First World feminists or Third World women doing theology but anyone who has followed the course of Latin American liberation theology will benefit greatly from reading about their experience. -- Virginia Fabella MM Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians Elsa Tamez is the author of The Bible of the Oppressed Jesus and Courageous Women (2001) and coeditor of The Discourse of Human Dignity (2003).