Longing For Running Water
Gebara's profound and moving statement of principles of ecofeminism shows how intertwined are the tarnished environment around her and the poverty that afflicts her neighbors. From her experiences with the Brazilian poor-women's movement she develops a gritty urban ecofeminism and indeed articulates a whole worldview. She shows how the connections between Western thought, patriarchal Christianity, and environmental destruction necessitate personal conversion to "a new relationship with the...
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Gebara's profound and moving statement of principles of ecofeminism shows how intertwined are the tarnished environment around her and the poverty that afflicts her neighbors. From her experiences with the Brazilian poor-women's movement she develops a gritty urban ecofeminism and indeed articulates a whole worldview. She shows how the connections between Western thought, patriarchal Christianity, and environmental destruction necessitate personal conversion to "a new relationship with the earth and with the entire cosmos." Alongside her stern critique of our consumer mentality, Gebara cultivates a rich garden of insights into our relatedness, God's sacred presence in the universe, and our daily experience of the deepest longings of the human heart.
PrologueVIntroduction11.Knowing our Knowing: the Issue of Epistemology19Epistemology in Search of Meaning19Knowledge and Ethics23The Hierarchical, Anthropocentric, and Androcentric Bias of Patriarchal Epistemology25Patriarchal Epistemology in Theology30Ecofeminist Epistemology482.The Human Person From an Ecofeminist Perspective67Beginning to Talk about the Human Person69Questioning the Autonomy of the Human Person71The Patriarchal Perspective: Its Value and Limitations76"Person" in an Ecofeminist Perspective: A Tentative Construction823.God: An Ecofeminist Approach to the Greatest of Mysteries101Relatedness as a Language and an Experience of the Divine102Issues Raised about Ecofeminist Discourse on God110God: Models and Mystery132God: My Hope1334.Ecofeminism and the Trinity137Feelings and Associations Related to the Trinity137What Human Experience Is Described by Trinitarian Language?139Religious Language and Its Crystallization in Institutions151Reconstructing Trinitarian Meanings and Celebrating Life1555.Jesus From an Ecofeminist Perspective173The Road I Have Walked with Jesus175Ecofeminist Challenges to Our Relationship with Jesus of Nazareth1826.That all May Have Life: the Way to a New Understanding of Religion193The Issue That Concerns Us193The Destruction of Green Things, of Diversity, and of Our Symbols197Religion and Community Life199A Religion That Isn't in Crisis202Religious Biodiversity: A Path in Need of Rediscovery205Epilogue: As the Deer Longs for Running Waters213Notes217Bibliography223Index227
