The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode # 2.2: Second Wave Feminism and Liberation Theologies

Sorry for the delay on this! Thanks for your patience, listeners!

Knowing

• How we get from the first wave to the second
• “One is not born a woman, but becomes one.”
• Essentialism v. Social Construction
• Liberal Feminism v. Radical Feminism
• “Womanism is to feminism as purple is to lavender.”
• Mainstream feminism and the exclusion of women of color
• A bit from our previous episode

Reading

• Duggan, Cheryl Kirk. “Globalization and Narrative.” The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theology. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2012. Print.
• Is Womanist Theology Liberation Theology?
• Feminism is about the flourishing of all people, and so is Christianity
• Such flourishing necessitates service—right here, right now.
• Mujerista Theology, Womanist Theology and human dignity
• Womanism offers perspective on White privilege
• Alice Walker and the genius of the everyday
• Liberation Theologies and biotexts
• Jones, Serene. “Feminist Theology and the Global Imagination” The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theology. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2012. Print.
• Broadening definitions of what texts are open to political and theological analysis
• The connection between theory and praxis
• The rise of service learning—do children understand what it’s for?
• Parenting and encouraging the theory/praxis integration
• How do we hear multiple voices coming from perspectives of varying levels of privilege?
• How do we, as white women, have this conversation about the needs of women of color?
• Should agreement be our goal?

Passing On

• http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/10/17/235413025/a-photographer-turns-her-lens-on-men-who-cat-call
• Lots of love for Hannah Price!
• http://www.ihollaback.org/
• http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199273881.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199273881

For Next Time

• Chapter TBA from Sara Marcus’ Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrl Revolution (Harper Perennial, 2010)