Postcolonial Feminist Theologies

Higgs, Eleanor T ORCID: 0000-0003-0733-2924 (2017) Postcolonial Feminist Theologies. In: Gender: God. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 79-83. ISBN 9780028663173

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Abstract

Postcolonial feminist theology applies the insights of postcolonial feminist academic and political projects to theology, asking critical questions about colonialism, race, and gender in relation to concepts of God. It highlights the fact that the majority of feminist theologians have posited a universal category ‘‘woman’’ as the subject of their work. As described in detail by postcolonial feminists (see Mohanty 1988), this universalism privileges the voices of affluent white Western women over the voices of others. Following this critique, postcolonial feminist theologians assert that gender difference and inequality in religious contexts cannot be analyzed satisfactorily by feminist theologies invested in such false universalism. Therefore, postcolonial feminist theology enlarges and challenges the scope of feminist theology by redefining the subject of feminism and imagining different theological possibilities, moving beyond the narrow confines of academic enterprise to reflect and encompass the religious practices of women in (post)colonial contexts.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Creative Arts
Depositing User:	Anna Kerr
Date Deposited:	24 Oct 2024 08:58
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2024 09:00
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/14474

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