Whereas the various perspectives discussed so far under the rubric of cultural hermeneutics are distinctively Christian, the same can not be said for
feminist biblical hermeneutics.
Not exact matches
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, for example, writes that «a
feminist critical
hermeneutics of suspicion places a warning label on all
biblical texts: Caution!
Hermeneutic style will vary with mainline and evangelical, just as it does with the liberationist,
feminist or process theologian, but the
biblical underpinnings are essential.
She speaks of a
feminist critical
hermeneutics deriving its truth «not only from
biblical writings but also from contemporary struggle of women against racism, sexism and poverty as oppressive systems of patriarchy».21