Students of the Bible and Feminisms Class of Union Theological Seminary, Philippines, are tasked to work on individual projects - Pinay Idol.
The challenge is to re-read, re-imagine, re-interpret, re-construct, and re-tell the stories of women characters in the Bible who are voiceless and nameless. More importantly, they are tasked to contextualize their reading of the narratives so that their interpretations may respond to concrete issues affecting women today like human trafficking, prostitution, violence and slavery. Since Feminist theologies are not just limited to issues affecting women, their papers may also include advocacies against militarization and war, globalization, rights of homosexuals and indigenous peoples, etc. The primary question in engaging the Bible text is - Does it uphold the life and dignity of women, all of humanity and Creation?
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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