Abstract:
The aim of this study is to describe the main characteristics of some
approaches within feminist hermeneutics. The following approaches
have been identified by Carolyn Osiek: 'rejectionist', 'revisionist',
'sublimationist' and 'liberationist'. To these approaches an epistemology
of participation is added. Feminist hermeneutics is seen through the
lense of the critical theory of Jürgen Habermas. The result poses an
alternative to a positivistic approach to Scripture. Some contributions of
feminist hermeneutics to church and society are identified.
