Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion
Special Issue: In Honor of Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza
This special issue of JFSR highlights leading feminist scholar Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza’s contributions to feminist studies in religion through various constructive engagements with her work. The academic world too often divides itself into categories of expertise and discipline. As this volume shows, however, the work of a leading feminist thinker and activist like Schussler Fiorenza cuts across these lines and engages a wide range of topics and conversations. Many people are familiar with Schussler Fiorenza’s groundbreaking work in feminist biblical studies. Her path-breaking book In Memory of Her: A Feminist Theological Reconstruction of Christian Origins has been translated into more than 10 languages. However, even those familiar with her work in this area are often unaware of her contributions to feminist studies in religion more broadly. Speaking about topics ranging from "the religion of thinness" to metaphysics, from feminist hermeneutics to pedagogy, from Muslim feminist theology to the politics of nationalism, this volume engages the work of Schussler Fiorenza from areas of interest beyond Christian Testament studies. In the process, key theoretical models in feminist studies in religion and feminist theologies that Schussler Fiorenza has pioneered — critical rhetorical feminist analysis and critical liberationist feminist theology — are explored, applied and developed in new and creative ways, demonstrating the ongoing vibrancy of the field of feminist studies in religion.
Since Schussler
Fiorenza is the co-founder of JFSR, it seems fitting that this volume
celebrating her work also launches a bold new cover design for the journal. The
complex interconnections of the symbols visually represent the broad range of
religious traditions and their feminist intersections and conveys the journal’s
commitment to fostering feminist conversation and activism that is
multidiscipinary and multireligious.
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