Margaret D. Kamitsuka

Elements of Christian Faith

Theology

“In Elements of Christian Faith , David Jensen engages the imagination and the senses to rethink belief, ethics, and sacredness. Reflecting on the materiality and metaphors of earthly elements—fire, water, earth, wind, flesh, and blood—he invites readers to recognize divine power, appreciate natural beauty, and feel the tug of solidarity with all creation.”

Speaking of Rape

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“Piercingly analytical and honest, Speaking of Rape situates the author's own experiences in the context of a sustained scholarly commentary on how we do things with words about sexual violations. Danielle Tumminio Hansen lays bare the complexity of naming rape and proposes pathways to reconstructing the self in the aftermath. The book is interdisciplinary, insisting that feminist philosophy and pastoral theology both be part of the conversation about sexual harm. Anyone from any background who reads this book will receive a rare gift: an invitation to remember and speak their own bodily truth. There is no prevention for rape. But after rape there is: Voice. Voice. Voice.”

Walking with the Mud Flower Collective

Theology

“Unless you think that sexism and racism have been solved, you will find here no nostalgic memorial to second wave Christian feminism. Cultivating with older and newer interlocutors the relational method of the Mud Flower Collective, Stina Busman Jost stirs its vital rhizome to blossom afresh." —Catherine Keller Drew University “In the aftermath of Christendom and its legacy of colonialism, the intuitions and assumptions that have governed the discipline of theology are being challenged and rethought. In this remarkable volume, Stina Busman Jost addresses this situation through a detailed investigation and analysis of the Mud Flower Collective and their landmark work, God’s Fierce Whimsy. In so doing, she recovers an important conversation in the history of contemporary theology and makes a significant contribution to the construction of a dialogic approach to theological method." —John R. Franke Yellowstone Theological Institute "Busman Jost makes a compelling argument for a look back at an underappreciated text of Christian feminism, God’s Fierce Whimsy, and its innovative attempt to reimagine theological education. Busman Jost’s book will be of interest to scholars already engaged with how theology and theological education can be transformed by dialogical approaches attentive to differences of gender, race, class, and sexuality. Moreover, Busman Jost’s self-reflective style makes her proposals widely accessible to those readers who share similar evangelical backgrounds but who may not have yet considered doing theology in light of societal inequalities.”