Compelling Knowledge A Feminis

"In Compelling Knowledge, Mary M. Solberg brings together the best of contemporary feminist philosophy with an unlikely conversation partner: Martin Luther. Her lucid explication of Luther will challenge contemporary feminists in both philosophy and theology to reconsider the benefits of traditional theology. Her honest exploration of issues in feminist epistemology will challenge theologians of all stripes to make connections between radical feminist theory and traditional theology.This book may be the beginning of a new era of dialogue between European theology and theologies of suffering around the world. It is a bold step, and one well taken." -- Karen Lebacqz, Pacific School of Religion

"Suffering and atonement are hot topics in feminist theology; epistemology and agency are hot topics in feminist philosophy.This book [is] enormously helpful..., both substantively and methodologically." -- Martha Ellen Stortz, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary/The Graduate Theological Union

"Powerfully written and cogently argued." -- Charles B. Cousar, Columbia Theological Seminary

"After three years in the midst of El Salvador's brutal civil war, the author realized that her task was not to theologize for 'the marginalized' but rather for her own people-- white, relatively affluent North American Christians.A highly original epistemological proposal...of great interest, not only to feminists both religious and secular, but to all who are beginning 'to face up to the cruciform nature' of our own North American reality." -- Douglas John Hall, Emeritus Professor of Christian Theology, McGill University, and Rhoda Palfrey Hall