ABSTRACT
This chapter explains about one feminist theologian in particular in order to consider her work more thoroughly than would be possible in a broad outline. Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza's work was chosen because she had a long-term, consistent commitment to making theology responsible and accountable for its public effect. Fiorenza draws attention to the interconnections between knowledge and power at work in academic discourses in general and in theology. She is interested in making theology publicly responsible regarding its situation within kyriarchal discourses and practices, and accountable for its productions. The chapter is derived from Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza's book Jesus and the Politics of Interpretation in which she investigates research into the historical Jesus from feminist perspectives. Fiorenza also discusses the interpretative frameworks used, the ethics of interpretation and the effects of biblical and theological scholarship in the wider public domain. Kwok Pui-lan, a feminist, overtly relates feminist theology to its public effects. She speaks of feminist theologians as 'public intellectuals'.
