로즈마리 래드퍼드 류터의 해방신학적, 여성신학적, 생태신학적 그리스도론

Abstract

In this article, I will examine the three-stage development of Rosemary Radford Ruether’s Christology. At first Reuther developed her Christology from the perspective of liberation theology by analyzing contemporary studies of the historical Jesus and incorporating insights of liberation Christology. Afterwards, taking seriously feminist critiques of traditional Christology, she argued for an prophetic-iconoclastic Christology from the perspective of feminist theology. More recently, Ruether turned her attention to the cosmic Christology and developed an ecological perspective. While analyzing excerpts from her works, this study explores both the continuity and discontinuity in the development of Ruether’s Christology. In the process it is made clear that her Christology shows a greater continuity throughout her entire career than it first appears and that it becomes even more holistic in her later Christology. In the final analysis, despite Ruether’s significant contribution to contemporary Christological discourse, the author points out some limitations and then suggests urgent tasks of Christology for this century.