Redeeming the Story
Women, Suffering, and Christ
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780826416100
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 01/12/2004
Cullinan constructs a new understanding of redemption rooted in women's stories of struggle, hope, and enduring love. Women's voices add a much-needed dimension to theological reflection on human brokenness and God's response; their stories enable us to glimpse a new way of speaking about the redemptive work of Christ and the process of redemption at work in our lives. Cullinan considers several contemporary novels, including Toni Morrison's Beloved and E.M Broner's A Weave of Women, and, in conversation with the stories told by and about Jesus, a vision of redemption emerges that emphasizes the wholeness of our experience, the presence of God in our lives, and the power of storytelling to shape our understanding of the present and future.
Preface-Converting the Imagination Acknowledgments 1. Telling the Wrong Story; 2. Telling the Story of Suffering: The Mothers of Beloved; 3. Making Old Stories New: The Mother God of Exodus; 4. Time and the Telling of Stories: Redemption in Animal Dreams; 5. Jesus: God's Story of Love and Hope; Conclusion -- Living Within the Christian Story; Index
" offers original thinking, a feminist perspective, and carefully researched work (the chapter end notes are a goldmine), and the book is clear, understandable, and appropriately personal It is an inspired work." Dominican Vision, July 2005--Sanford Lakoff