@article{ref1,
title="Struggling with Reconciling Hearts and Holding Fast to Our Dreams",
journal="Feminist theology",
year="2009",
author="Grey, Mary",
volume="17",
number="3",
pages="339-355",
abstract="This paper is part of a cluster of issues around reconciliation on which I have been working. I begin with the tension between the fact that reconciliation is an unpopular concept in feminist theology, yet in contexts of conflict is the deepest longing as well as a cherished Christian ideal. By focusing on post-genocide Rwanda I am opening up key issues. I then focus on the difficulties associated with `reconciliation' beginning with the fear that it may involve giving up on structural justice. Feminist theology's problems with the concept are explored before re-envisioning the death of Jesus in terms of life-giving love and affirmation of life which is the suggested re-interpretation of sacrifice. This brings us into a meta-patriarchal world where symbols of flourishing replace patriarchal symbols of violence. Reconciliation then is both the goal of healed creation and the path towards it.<p />",
language="",
issn="0966-7350",
doi="10.1177/0966735009102363",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0966735009102363"
}