Global South Feminist Theology in the Public Sphere: An Alternative Space to Strive for Women’s Full Humanity

Resumo

This paper seeks to explore the subject of global South feminist theology in the public sphere. It attempts to engage the questions of what feminist theology in the global South looks like in the public realm and how it addresses public issues, particularly those that affect women. This will be achieved through a discussion of feminist theology in Latin America and Asia. As will be argued in this paper, feminist theology in the global South is, like all theology, contextual. It is also inherently public and intersectional. As women experience oppression, discrimination, and injustice in various forms in the global South and around the world, they are denied their full humanity. Given the contextual, intersectional, and public nature of feminist theology in the global South, its engagement in the public sphere creates an alternative space for dialogue and action as women strive toward full humanity in the local and global contexts.