Sexism and Sin-Talk

"With theological rigor, theoretical sophistication and a sharp eye for the pathos of women’s suffering due to gender-based violence, Rachel Baard demonstrates the enduring contribution of feminist discourses on sin to a Christian theology of human flourishing. Using rhetorical analysis and writing from an intersectional, global approach to feminist theology the book offers a map for reading feminist sin-talk that situates it firmly within the Christian tradition’s reforming impulse without losing its radical, critical edge. This is a valuable, original contribution to feminist theological scholarship that deserves to be widely read by anyone interested in feminist theology and the prophetic, life-giving potential of Christian sin-talk."
—Hilda P. Koster, Associate Professor of Religion, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.

"This book makes an important contribution to Christian understandings of sin by tracing the ongoing conversation among feminist theologians on sin-talk. Bringing together resources from the Christian tradition and from global, intersectional feminism, it proposes a rhetorical approach that brings to the fore not only feminist critiques of classic Christian understandings of sin, but also constructive feminist contributions for retrieving the concept of sin, especially the inner logic of the doctrine of original sin."
—Lois Malcolm, The Olin and Amanda Fjelstad Reigstad Chair of Systematic Theology, Luther Seminary