ABSTRACT
In the context of an ongoing study of the qualitative method in theology, the aim of this article is to show the relevance of this method in the field of Christian feminist theology, paying special attention to the experience of women. Among the assumptions of this reflection, a feminist epistemology is taken on in order to provide the critical clarification of the experience of women as a key element in the theological method, making the oppressive biases in the male-centered, socio-cultural and religious context, as well as women’s aspiration for liberation within it, visible. Likewise, the experience of the women-church, or Church of the Women, is considered as an historic movement of solidarity between women and men, keeping in mind a full liberation of humanity. The demand for a scientific study of these experiences leads to the need for justifying the value, usefulness, and efficiency of qualitative research in feminist theology, paying attention to some representative developments in different contexts. Together with other authors like Ada María Isasi-Díaz and Rebecca Chopp, Stephanie Klein’s contribution stands out. It displays the healing and empowering role of “dangerous listening”, which may assume a theology mediated by the qualitative method, to renew its discourse drawing from the painful and diverse experiences of women in search of liberation.
KEYWORDS
Women’s Experiences; Feminist Theology; Gender Perspective; Qualitative Method; Stephanie Klein