LIBERATING THE WORD: SOME THOUGHTS ON FEMINIST HERMENEUTICS

Abstract

This article first gives attention to the hermeneutics of Letty Russell, Rosemary Radford Ruether and Elizabeth Schűssler Fiorenza as examples of contemporary feminist theologians who work within the biblical paradigm. Thereafter, certain critical principles for feminist hermeneutics and hermeneutical approach based on principle of equality and mutuality in the search for justice in the South African context, is spelt out.