| This project articulates an Anabaptist understanding of salvation which takes women's experiences seriously and responds to their needs and aspirations. Using insights and approaches from feminist, womanist, and other liberation theologians, it also strives to remember Jesus more clearly in his economic, political, and religious context.;At the heart of this theological reconstruction is the conviction that Jesus offers salvation by making God's "shalom justice" real on the earth through the entirety of his ministry, death, and resurrection. Each aspect of Jesus' life, including the cross, demonstrates God's ultimate solidarity with those who are oppressed and violated, as well as God's capacity to bring forth healing and life out of suffering and death. This salvation is not only individual but lived out in communities which join in God's work in the world. Thus, we find salvation in "shalom justice households" which embrace and continue Jesus' work for liberation, justice, and shalom. |
