Creative Disobedience - Softcover

Solle, Dorothee; Dendf, Lawrence W.

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0829810196 ISBN 13: 9780829810196

Publisher: Pilgrim Pr, 1995

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Review:

Unquestioning obedience, as history has shown, can lead to disaster. In Creative Disobedience, feminist theologian Dorothee Solle demonstrates how Germany's obedience to the will of a ruthless dictator resulted in the massacre of six million Jews; how the church's desire for unquestioning subservience has led many who claim to be "righteous" to participate in the oppression of others; and how women's obedience to men throughout history has caused many to experience conflict, powerlessness, and misery. With clarity and force, Solle explains how this happens. She passionately advocates the need to question, to think, and to respond in ways that are thoughtful, serious, and imaginative. Setting forth the notion of "creative obedience", she prescribes a method for following an obedient path that leads to evolution and growth - not devastation and annihilation. Creative Disobedience is an urgently needed analysis of the rules of society, and the role of the individual in relation to those rules. -- Midwest Book Review

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