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James William Fowler III (1940–2015) was an American theologian who was Professor of Theology and Human Development at Emory University.He was director of both the Center for Research on Faith and Moral Development, and the Center for Ethics until he retired in 2005.
Patricia Sawyer Benner is a nursing theorist, academic and author. She is known for one of her books, From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice (1984). Benner described the stages of learning and skill acquisition across the careers of nurses, applying the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition to nursing
Womanist theology has expanded to encompass the spiritual, social, and political concerns of those who do not identify as black Christian women. [12] Christian and Christocentric underpinnings provided the framework for early womanist thought.
Christ wrote five influential books on women's spirituality and feminist theology and was a co-editor of two classic anthologies: "Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spirituality" (1989); and "Womanspirit Rising" (1979/1989). The latter included her essay Why Women Need the Goddess. [5]
Donna L. Dickenson (born 1946) is an American philosopher who specializes in medical ethics.She is Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics and Humanities at the University of London, fellow of the Ethox and HeLEX Centres at the University of Oxford, and visiting fellow at the Centre for Ethics in Medicine, University of Bristol.
Baier's approach to ethics is that women and men make their decisions about right and wrong based on different value systems: men take their moral decisions according to an idea of justice, while women are motivated by a sense of trust or caring. The history of philosophy having been overwhelmingly compiled by men, she suggests, leads to a body ...
Feminist theology and Islam is also used to strengthen the spiritual connection to the women of Islam when they undergo severe trauma, to promote human rights especially those of women. [47] Fatima Mernissi 's book, The Forgotten Queens of Islam , is a crucial piece in feminist theology for Islam and how it relates to a non western state. [ 48 ]
Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppression; and the relationships between power and gender as they intersect with other identities and social ...