Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
1 Biography 7
2 The Theological Marketplace: Activism,
Teaching, Scholarship 11
3 The Hermeneutical Circle 22
4 Critiques of Latin American Liberation Theology
and Feminist Theology 35
5 Post-colonialism and Indigeneity 48
6 Capitalism and the Excluded 60
7 Women and Woman-God 73
8 The Whole Body 86
9 Indecency/Decency 99
10 Heterosexuality 110
11 Queering 123
12 A Marginal God 135
13 Crucifixions/Resurrections 144
Conclusion 154
Bibliography 156
Index of Names and Subjects 161

About the Author

Thia Cooper is Professor of Religion at Gustavus Adolphus College, USA including Controversies in Political Theology: Development or Liberation? (2007) and A Theology of International Development (2020) . She has lectured widely in both the USA and Europe. Professor Cooper undertook her Master of Theology at Edinburgh’s New College in 1999 and completed her PhD in 2005, both under Marcella Althaus-Reid.

Reviews

“We finally have a book length introduction an analysis of Marcella Althaus Reid--in my mind the most important liberation theologian of the end of the 20th century … A must read for anyone seeking tools to develop a liberation theology for today.”
*IVAN PETRELLA, UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA, ARGENTINA*

“… a valuable resource for students engaging with a multidisciplinary approach to theology which was the life blood of Althaus Reid. I encourage you to read it and get drawn into the worlds Althaus Reid creates which are so well laid out by Cooper.”
*LISA ISHERWOOD, UNIVERSITY OF WALES TRINITY ST DAVID*