Leaders from across the spectrum of the emerging directions of feminist Christianity speak about theological visions, liturgical and ministerial challenges and scriptural insights as a starting point for building new models of religious life and worship.
María Pilar Aquino is professor of theology and religious studies at the University
of San Diego. Dr. Aquino was a visiting professor of theology at Harvard
Divinity School. She is the author of Our Cry for Life: Feminist Theology
from Latin America; La teología, la iglesia y la mujer en América Latina (Theology,
the Church and Women in Latin America); and Teología feminista Latinoamericana
(Latin American Feminist Theology). She organizes and convenes
Latina feminist scholars and activists in religion.
Rachel A. R. Bundang is on the religious studies faculty at the Marymount
School in New York. Dr. Bundang earned her doctorate in constructive theologies,
praxis, and ethics from Union Theological Seminary. She was a Bannan
Fellow at Santa Clara University. Rooted in feminist ethics and Catholic
theology, Rachel's work takes her from the academy to the parish and beyond.
Wanda Deifelt is associate professor of religion at Luther College in Decorah,
Iowa. She is an ordained pastor of the Lutheran Church in Brazil (IECLB).
Dr.Deifelt taught at Escola Superior de Teologia in São Leopoldo, Brazil, from
1991-2004, where she held the Chair of Feminist Theology. She writes and
lectures widely on liberation topics.
Marie M. Fortune is founder and senior analyst at the FaithTrust Institute, where
she addresses sexual and domestic violence in faith communities. The Rev. Dr.
Fortune is ordained in the United Church of Christ. She is a pastor, an educator,
an author, and a practicing theologian and ethicist. Her books include Keeping
the Faith: Guidance for Christian Women Facing Abuse; Is Nothing Sacred? When
Sex Invades the Pastoral Relationship; and Sexual Violence: The Sin Revisited.
Mary E. Hunt is a Catholic feminist theologian active in the women-church movement. Dr. Hunt lectures and writes on theology and ethics with particular attention to liberation issues. She is editor of A Guide for Women in Religion: Making Your Way from A to Z (Palgrave), among many other publications.
Hunt and Neu are cofounders and codirectors of the Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER), a feminist educational center dedicated to creating and sustaining inclusive communities in society and religion, in Silver Spring, Maryland.