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ON BEHALF OF WOMEN:
Just prior to its review by the General Assembly Council, the Women's Ministry Program Area (WMPA) produced and circulated a colorful brochure entitled, On Behalf of Women. The purpose of the booklet is to trumpet the accomplishments of the WMPA. Among other things, the brochure includes an article written by Unzu Lee, Associate for Women's Advocacy. In it, she surveys advocacy programs for women's concerns around the United States. Lee begins her piece with these words: "Advocacy for women clearly involves issues. Advocacy for women by people of faith, however, takes the spirituality of advocacy seriously." This, of course, begs the question — what kind of spirituality is the spirituality of advocacy? Lee answers that question by citing, among other things, the work of the Synod Women's Advocacy Network (S.W.A.N.) in the Synod of Southern California and Hawaii. Unfortunately, however, her report on S.W.A.N. lacks detail. To get that information, we have to go to S.W.A.N's report to the Synod of Southern California and Hawaii dated October 21-21, 1999. There we discover that S.W.A.N. strengthens its advocacy base by maintaining relationships with several organizations, including Voices of Sophia. Voices Of Sophia, of course, is a group within the PC(USA) that is committed to promoting the same radical feminist philosophical agenda as that promoted by the Re-Imagining Community. So, here we have the same kind of linkages that we reported in yesterday's news article, One Big Happy Family. Leaders and organizations within our church are working hand-in-glove with the proponents of a specious philosophy that has been roundly condemned by the General Assembly. But, there's more. In addition to recounting their accomplishments during the past year, the S.W.A.N. report also includes a bibliography that reveals that money from the Synod of Southern California and Hawaii is being used to build a Resource Library that only a radical feminist could love. Here is the list for your review: S.W.A.N.'s Resource Library Books: Bos, Johanna W.H. van Wijk. Reformed and Feminist: A Challenge to the Church. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991. Reimagining God. The Case for Scriptural Diversity. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1995.
Christ, Carol & Judith Plaskow. Womanspirit Rising: A Feminist Reader in Religion. San Francisco: Harper Press, 1979. Harrison, Beverly & Robb, Carol. Making Connections: Essays in Feminist Social Ethics. Boston: Beacon Press, 1985. Heyward, Carter. Our Passion for Justice: Images of Power, Sexuality, and Liberation. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 1984. Isasi-Diaz & Tarango, Yolanda. Hispanic Women: Prophetic Voice In The Church. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992. lsasi-Diaz. En La Lucha: In theStruggle - Elaborating a Mujerista Theology: A Hispanic Women's Liberation Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993. Isasi-Diaz. Mujerista Theology. New York: Maryknoll Press, 1996. Kidd, Sue Monk. The Dance of the Dissident Daughter. San Francisco: Harper, 1996. King, Ursula. Women in the World's Religions: Past and Present. New York: Paragon Press, 1987. Mollenkott, Virginia. The Divine Feminine: The Biblical Imagery of God as Female. New York: Crossroads Press, 19833. Morton, Nelle. The Journey Is Home. Boston: Beacon Press, 1985. Ruether, Rosemary Radford & Keller, Rosemary Skinner. In Our Own Voices: Four Centuries of American Women's Religious Writing. San Francisco: Harper, 1995. Russell, Letty. Human Liberation In A Feminist Perspective - A Theology.
Philadelphia:
Westminster Press, 1974.
Household of Freedom: Authority in Feminist Theology. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1987.
Schussler Fiorenza, Elisabeth. Discipleship of Equals: A Critical
Feminist Ekklesia-logy of Liberation. New York: Crossroads Press, 1994.
The Power of Naming. A Concilium Reader in Feminist Liberation Theology. New York: Orbis, 1996.
Winter, Miriam Therse, et. al. Defecting In Place: Women Claiming Responsibility for Their Own Spiritual Lives. New York: Crossroads, 1995, Periodicals: Illuminations. (Voices of Sophia) Justice Jottings (P.C. U.S.A. -Justice Ministries) Videos: Look at the World Through Women's Eyes -- U.S. Ecumenical Network: Bejing and Beyond. Other Resources: A Community Checklist: Importan tSteps to End Violence Against Women - What Can We Do About It? -- The U.S. Department of Justice. Confronting Violence Against Women: The Church's Calling -- The Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., Societal Violence Initiative. Women Healing and Empowering. Human Rights Update. A Resource of the 208th General Assembly,
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