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Crossing the divide : Luther, feminism, and the cross / Deanna A. Thompson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2004.Description: xv, 184 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0800636384
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 230/.082 22
LOC classification:
  • BT83.55 .T46 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-180) and index.


Part 1 -- 1. Claiming the cross -- The stirring of Luther's theological imagination -- New Language for a new vision -- Stepping out as a theologian of the cross -- 2. The walls come tumbling down -- Sounding the trumpets -- A political theology of the cross? -- Freedom, bondage, and the will -- 3. Down to the very depths -- Christ is really here -- Defense and disobedience -- Promising Christ -- Part 2 -- 4. Feminists interrogate Luther -- Feminist reform and revolt -- Interrogating sin -- Interrogating the male savior -- Interrogating atonement -- 5. On becoming a feminist theologian of the cross -- Describing the human condition -- Calling victims and oppressors what they are -- Embodying Christ : friendship as Christian vocation.

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