This volume addresses a theme long essential to feminist and liberationist theololgy: In what can we hope, and what role should hope play in our actions and our loves? An interdisciplinary approach, it provides a much-needed constructive set of proposals and fills a crucial gap in theological resources.

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Title: Liberating Eschatology Essays in Honor of Letty M. Russell
By: Letty M. Russell
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 296
Vendor: Westminster John Knox Press

Publication Date: 1999
Weight: 15 ounces
ISBN: 0664257887
ISBN-13: 9780664257880
Stock No: WW257887

Publisher's Description

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This volume addresses a theme long essential to feminist and liberationist theology: in what can we hope, and what role should hope play in our actions and our lives? It provides a constructive set of proposals and fills a crucial gap in theological resources as well-known contributors address the theme from their different contexts and fields.

Author Bio

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Margaret A. Farley is Gilbert L. Stark Professor of Christian Ethics at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut. The recipient of eleven honorary degrees, the John Courtney Murray Award for Excellence in Theology, and a Luce Fellowship in Theology, Margaret Farley is a past president of the Society of Christian Ethics and the Catholic Theological Society of America.

Serene Jones is President of Union Theological Seminary and holds the Johnston Family Chair in Religion and Democracy. Before Union, she was the Titus Street Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School.