Liberal modern approaches to theology have tended to silence voices from the margins. This
book offers an alternative feminist theological approach that more adequately addresses issues
of diversity and marginalization. It critically examines and combines aspects of four different
feminist approaches: Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza's critical modern Mary McClintock
Fulkerson's poststructural Kwok Pui-lan's postcolonial and Kathryn Tanner's postliberal. This
alternative feminist theological approach is then used to examine how a liberal mainstream
Protestant denomination has dealt with issues of sexual orientation and gender. Particular
attention is given to biblical interpretation as shaped by community the role of traditional
doctrine assumptions of authority and revelation and communities of accountability.
