Telling the story: an Asian feminist perspective

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Abstract

How does the story of who the Triune God is and what this God does relate to the story of life on Earth? Is the Christian story part of the earth’s story or is the earth’s story part of God’s story, from creation to consummation? In response to these overarching almost overwhelming questions, in drawing from my social-cultural context, I ask what these stories mean from an Asian perspective where the Christian story of creation finds expression in and through the creation stories or more pointedly, ecological responses of other world religions and spiritualities of Asia. I also interrogate these questions from a feminist perspective as the Christian story of creation is intrinsically not only an anthropocentric but also androcentric one; the domination of (hu)man over nature and man over woman, respectively.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTaking a Deep Breath for The Story to Begin...
EditorsErnst M. Conradie, Pan-Chiu Lai
Place of PublicationCape Town South Africa
PublisherAOSIS
Chapter4
Pages73-93
Number of pages21
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9781776342013, 9781776342020
ISBN (Print)9781776342006
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Publication series

NameAn Earthed Faith: Telling the Story amid the 'Anthropocene'

Keywords

  • queer ecofeminism
  • theology of shamanic sustainability
  • qi cosmology
  • integral ecology
  • anthropocene

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