This volume is an engaging and provocative introduction to Feminist Biblical Studies. The authors draw upon their own social, cultural and religious backgrounds and experiences in reading the New Testament as feminists in the context of globalization. They provide intentional interpretations of biblical texts that cast gender, race, class and power relationships as issues inherent in both the content and context of scripture and its interpretation. The essays call into question feminist social engagement that does not extend beyond academic halls, churches and Christians, suggesting directions for future research and teaching in Feminist Biblical Studies.

Cutting edge topic - this is the first serious and comprehensive look at Feminist New Testament studies

Acknowledgments; K.O'Brien Wicker Introduction; A.Spencer-Miller Conversation I: Europe & North America The Power of the Word: Charting Critical Global Feminist New Testament Studies; E.Schussler Fiorenza Globalization, Transnational Feminisms, and the Future of Biblical Critique; E.Castelli Response; S.Briggs The Challenge of `Blackness' for Rearticulating the Meaning of Global Feminist New Testament Interpretation; G. L. Byron Response: Paradoxes of Positionality: The Key to Feminist New Testament Studies; K.J. Torjesen Reflections on Conversation I; S.Gravlee, E.Jacklin, P.Perelman Conversation II: Asia & Latin America My Journey as a Latin American Feminist New Testament Scholar; A.B. Spencer Response; E.C.Frazier Biblical Studies in the 21st Century: A Japanese/Asian Feminist Glimpse; H.Kinukawa Response; Z.Ng Feminist Theologies in Latin America; R.Radford Ruether Reflections on Conversation II; H.Hight, L.Sohn Conversation III: Africa & the Diaspora Rahab is Hanging Out a Red Ribbon: One African Woman's Perspective on the Future of Feminist New Testament Scholarship; M.W. Dube Response: From Scarlet Cord to Red Ribbon: A Perilous Passage; I.Balseiro Lucy Bailey Meets the Feminists; A.Spencer-Miller Response; L.E.Galloway Signifying on Scriptures: An African Diaspora Proposal for Radical Readings; L.Wimbush Reflections on Conversation III; N.Champagne, F.Nolasco, & K.Van Heest