Out of the Depths
Women's Experience of Evil and Salvation
- Theology
- Women
- Publisher: Fortress Press (Augsburg Fortress)
- Published: 2002
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Publisher's Description
Whether understood as sin, as embracing all manner of suffering and injustice, or as the inexplicable human choice of evil over good, evil has historically been described and pondered chiefly through male categories understood as a universal viewpoint. Likewise salvation. Gebara here presents an alternative, feminist approach to evil and salvation. She allows women to voice their personal suffering from their own contexts, thereby manifesting their many differences. She then introduces a perspective on evil and salvation based in gender analysis to address specifically "the evil women do," the evil they suffer, and women's redemptive experiences of God and salvation.
Endorsements (1)
“Ivon Gebara is an original, creative thinker of enormous grace and undaunted courage. In each and every page of this book one meets the author in her clearly articulated arguments and her passionate commitment to justice, particularly justice for poor women. Moving from a firm anthropological foundation, Gebara examines the traditional Christian understanding of evil that has supported and incited such a destructive view of women. She artfully and thoroughly analyzes the definition of evil created by men that ignores 'the evil actually borne by women.' We owe Gebara an immense debt of gratitude for honoring her intuitions and unmasking evil in a way that makes possible moving beyond it and creating greater solidarity in the world.”
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