Justice in the Making: Feminist Social Ethics

by Beverly Wildung Harrison (Editor), Elizabeth M. Bounds (Editor), Marilyn J. Legge (Editor), Rebecca Todd Peters (Editor), Pamela K. Brubaker (Editor)

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2006
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Beverly Harrison has long fought for women and others at the margins, challenging the subjugating ways in which women's intellectual contributions, their gifts of ministerial leadership, and their reproductive capacity and sexual identity have been defined. This collection of essays and lectures, presented over the course of her career, demonstrates the progression of Harrison's contribution to the field of Christian ethics and the evolution of her thought in response to changing social realities.

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Beverly Harrison has long fought for women and others at the margins, challenging the subjugating ways in which women's intellectual contributions, their gifts of ministerial leadership, and their reproductive capacity and sexual identity have been defined. This collection of essays and lectures, presented over the course of her career, demonstrates the progression of Harrison's contribution to the field of Christian ethics and the evolution of her thought in response to changing social realities.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 290
Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press
Published: 01 May 2006
ISBN 10: 9780664227
ISBN 13: 9780664227746

Author Bio

Beverly Wildung Harrison is Caroline Williams Beaird Professor Emeritus of Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where she taught for thirty-four years. Elizabeth M. Bounds is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of Faith and the City at Candler Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia. She is author of Coming Together/Coming Apart: Religion, Modernity, and Community and coeditor of Welfare Policy: Feminist Critiques. Pamela K. Brubaker is Professor of Religion at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. She has published several articles and three books on various topics in Christian ethics and women's religious history. Marilyn J. Legge is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Emmanuel College, Victoria University, University of Toronto in Canada. She has chaired the United Church of Canada's Theology and Faith Committee, is a Past President of the Canadian Theological Society, and is a Contributing Editor to The Ecumenist: A journal of Theology, Culture and Society. Rebecca Todd Peters is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina. She is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and is currently serving as a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches.