There was some casual transphobia and lots of ant sex work sentiments but overall it was interesting I m not sure if I got enough theology out of it for my midterm tomorrow but we ll see Compassionate and FreeTersentuh dan Bebas Teologi Seorang Perempuan Asia
This book explores the challenge of being a Christian woman in Asia Katoppo explains why Asian Christian women like herself seek the right to be different to be the Other rather than having to accept identities borrowed from men and other cultures Compassionate and FreeTersentuh dan Bebas Teologi Seorang Perempuan AsiaBorn in Tomohon North Sulawesi on 9 June 1943 Katoppo studied theology from 1963 at the Jakarta Theological Seminary Sekolah Tinggi Teologi. In 1979 Katoppo spoke about Asian Theology An Asian Womans Perspective at the first Asian Theological Conference in Sri Lanka She served the ecumenical idea as a member of the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians EATWOT and was part of the executive committee of the Indonesian National Council of Churches PGI She has been described as independent forthright and conversant in a dozen Asian and European languages and was internationally known as a female theologian Katoppo died in Bogor on 12 October 2007. Katoppos Christian novel Raumanen published in 1977 won the fir Born in Tomohon North Sulawesi on 9 June 1943 Katoppo studied theology from 1963 at the Jakarta Theological Seminary Sekolah Tinggi Teologi. In 1979 Katoppo spoke about Asian Theology An Asian Woman s Perspective at the first Asian Theological Conference in Sri Lanka She served the ecumenical idea as a member of the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians EATWOT and was part of the executive committee of the Indonesian National Council of Churches PGI She has been described as independent forthright and conversant in a dozen Asian and European languages and was internationally known as a female theologian Katoppo died in Bogor on 12 October 2007. Katoppo s Christian novel Raumanen published in 1977 won the first prize at the Jakarta Arts Council Novel Competition Her book Compassionate and Free An Asian Woman s Theology was published in 1980 by Orbis in Maryknoll New York It was one of the first books to present an Asian feminist theology which used Asian myths and stories to interpret theology and supports an image of God also as a mother The book was translated into Dutch and German Because Katoppo considered her work apolitical and did not want it thought of as having any feminist political agenda she believed the term feminist theology to be too loaded Susan Evangelista of Ateneo de Manila University summarized Katoppo s perspective of the virgin Mary as being the core of women s theology and rather than being limited to the role of the virgin mother of Jesus Evangelista believes Katoppo saw Mary as a totally complete woman who while obedient to God serves as the perfect balance to men site_link.