Intersectional Theology: An Introductory Guide

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Intersectional Theology: An Introductory Guide 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.

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.

Rather than providing a developed systematic theology, Intersectional Theology 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.

Intersectional Theology: An Introductory Guide 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 con...

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Rev. Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim is a professor of theology at Earlham School of Religion and author or editor of numerous books,?most recently Spirit Life; Invisible; and Intersectional Theology. She has served on the American Academy of Religion's board of directors, is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), and is the host of the Madang podcast from The Christian Century. Kim writes for Good Faith Media, Baptist News Global, Sojourners, and Faith and Leadership and has published in TIME, The Huffington Post, The Christian Century, US Catholic Magazine, and The Nation.

Rev. Dr. Susan M. Shaw is professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies at Oregon State University. She is the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous books, including Intersectional Theology and Gendered Voices, Feminist Visions. She has also written for The Huffington Post, The Conversation, and Inside Higher Education. Shaw is a founding coeditor of ADVANCE Journal, an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal on institutional transformation, gender equity, intersectionality, and social justice in higher education, especially STEM. An ordained Baptist minister who makes her church home in the UCC, she lives in Corvallis, Oregon.

Rev. Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim is a professor of theology at Earlham School of Religion and author or editor of numerous books,?most recently Spirit Life; Invisible; and Intersectional Theology. She has served on the American Academy of Religion's board of directors, is an ordained minister in the Pre...

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