ABSTRACT
The concept of the emerging princess theology has captured the imagination of Pentecostal women. Princess theology highlights an issue: there is a need for a due self-love and healthy pride among women. Australian Pentecostalism engages in 'public theology' through the public presentation of its vision for society. This vision is presented through the deliberate use of images and visual symbols. The contemporized version of the medieval concept of princess measures a woman's success by the exterior: the physical appearance and marketability of the female body. While post-modern Western society is no longer based on feudalism, elements of the princess myth have carried over to the present day from the medieval concept. Kathryn Tanner highlights two approaches to Christian arguments in the pluralistic context of public debate: the first is to present recommendations and contributions that have an explicitly Christian character to matters of public concern and to emphasize more natural law arguments that have certain credence in the broader community.
