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- Title
Struggling with Reconciling Hearts and Holding Fast to Our Dreams.
- Authors
Grey, Mary
- Abstract
This paper is part of a cluster of issues around reconciliation on which I have been working. I begin with the tension between the fact that reconciliation is an unpopular concept in feminist theology, yet in contexts of conflict is the deepest longing as well as a cherished Christian ideal. By focusing on post-genocide Rwanda I am opening up key issues. I then focus on the difficulties associated with 'reconciliation' beginning with the fear that it may involve giving up on structural justice. Feminist theology's problems with the concept are explored before re-envisioning the death of Jesus in terms of life-giving love and affirmation of life which is the suggested re-interpretation of sacrifice. This brings us into a metapatriarchal world where symbols of flourishing replace patriarchal symbols of violence. Reconciliation then is both the goal of healed creation and the path towards it.
- Subjects
RWANDA; RECONCILIATION; AMBITION; FEMINIST theology; CONFLICT management; CHRISTIANITY; CRUCIFIXION of Jesus Christ
- Publication
Feminist Theology: The Journal of the Britain & Ireland School of Feminist Theology, 2009, Vol 17, Issue 3, p339
- ISSN
0966-7350
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0966735009102363