“Feminist theologies interrogate theology”: that’s the theme of the lecture given in Strasbourg last week by the Protestant theologian Elisabeth Parmentier as part of the cycle of meetings promoted by the research unit “Women and men Gender in Christianity”, a group animated by the Dominican Hervé Legrand. Mainly aimed at a Catholic public, the meetings held by this research group also attract numerous Protestant and Orthodox Christians. “The feminist theologies born from Christianity radically challenge Christian theology in its totality, beyond confessional frontiers”, declared Parmentier, convinced of the “vital importance for all Christian communities” of engaging with these new theologies, “variegated expressions of the deepest spiritual aspirations of the men and women of our time”. A common reflection that requires “a way of ‘thinking about the faith’ at once faithful and creative”.
