ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the feminist public theology that is in its infancy. The feminist public theology is a summary of theology that is expressed in symbolic, rhetorical and prophetic modes for the sake of the transformation of the whole of society. Heather Walton argues that feminist public theology should be 'more than rational discourse', with attention to the poetics of language as a vehicle for the transcendent. The NoToPope Coalition was an unusual group of left-wing rationalist, atheist and religious bodies united in their opposition to the exclusively male leadership and moral teaching of the Roman Catholic Church on the occasion of World Youth Day, Sydney. Rachel Evans challenged the attitudes of the Roman Catholic Church to sexuality, contraception and abortion in the knowledge that she risked a fine for contravention of the World Youth Day Act: 'We will protect our civil liberties, and help young people to protect their health, and no Pope or premier will stop us'.
